CVE-2021-4480

HIGH8.3

Dräger Protector Software Local Privilege Escalation via Insecure File Permissions

Published Jun 2, 2026

Modified 2 weeks ago

Details

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.

References

ADVISORY

https://static.draeger.com/security/download/2021-267-01-Draeger-Protector-Software-vulnerabilities.pdf

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4480

ADVISORY

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dr-ger-protector-software-local-privilege-escalation-via-insecure-file-permissions

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v4.0

8.3

Exploitability

Attack Vector