CVE-2021-22682
Cscape (All versions prior to 9.90 SP4) is configured by default to be installed for all users,...
Cscape (All versions prior to 9.90 SP4) is configured by default to be installed for all users, which allows full permissions, including read/write access. This may allow unprivileged users to modify the binaries and configuration files and lead to local privilege escalation.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Cscape (All versions prior to 9.90 SP4) is configured by default to be installed for all users, which allows full permissions, including read/write access. This may allow unprivileged users to modify the binaries and configuration files and lead to local privilege escalation.
- Record
CVE-2021-22682- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Cscape (All versions prior to 9.90 SP4) is configured by default to be installed for all users, which allows full permissions, including read/write access. This may allow unprivileged users to modify the binaries and configuration files and lead to local privilege escalation.
- Record
CVE-2021-22682- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-9818 No score
Cscape (All versions prior to 9.90 SP4) is configured by default to be installed for all users, which allows full permissions, including read/write access. This may allow unprivileged users to modify the binaries and configuration files and lead to local privilege escalation.
- Record
EUVD-2021-9818- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-936c-39fp-q95f
Cscape (All versions prior to 9.90 SP4) is configured by default to be installed for all users,...
Cscape (All versions prior to 9.90 SP4) is configured by default to be installed for all users, which allows full permissions, including read/write access. This may allow unprivileged users to modify the binaries and configuration files and lead to local privilege escalation.
- Record
GHSA-936c-39fp-q95f- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-22682 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Horner Automation Cscape, published April 23, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.22%, the 12th percentile. No source names a fixed version.