CVE-2021-4481

Dräger Protector Software Local Privilege Escalation via Insecure File Permissions

CVSS 8.3 HIGHEPSS 0.1%CWE-732

Vexday Risk Score

21Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 8.3EPSS 0.1%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch referenciado

Lifecycle

02 Jun 2026Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

Dräger Protector Software prior to version 6.4.2 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insecure file system permissions that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Attackers can replace binaries or loaded modules on the host system to execute code with NT SYSTEM privileges.

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H

Affected products

Dräger · Protector Software

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References

https://static.draeger.com/security/download/2021-267-01-Draeger-Protector-Software-vulnerabilities.pdf https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dr-ger-protector-software-local-privilege-escalation-via-insecure-file-permissions