CVE-2021-37909
CHANGING Inc. TSSServiSignAdapter Windows Versions - Improper Input Validation
WriteRegistry function in TSSServiSign component does not filter and verify users’ input, remote attackers can rewrite to the registry without permissions thus perform hijack attacks to execute arbitrary code.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
9.8
CHANGING Inc. TSSServiSignAdapter Windows Versions - Improper Input Validation
WriteRegistry function in TSSServiSign component does not filter and verify users’ input, remote attackers can rewrite to the registry without permissions thus perform hijack attacks to execute arbitrary code.
- Record
CVE-2021-37909- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-24387
9.8
WriteRegistry function in TSSServiSign component does not filter and verify users’ input, remote attackers can rewrite to the registry without permissions thus perform hijack attacks to execute arbitrary code.
- Record
EUVD-2021-24387- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7wg8-6xc4-8gfw No score
WriteRegistry function in TSSServiSign component does not filter and verify users’ input, remote...
WriteRegistry function in TSSServiSign component does not filter and verify users’ input, remote attackers can rewrite to the registry without permissions thus perform hijack attacks to execute arbitrary code.
- Record
GHSA-7wg8-6xc4-8gfw- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
9.8
WriteRegistry function in TSSServiSign component does not filter and verify users’ input, remote attackers can rewrite to the registry without permissions thus perform hijack attacks to execute arbitrary code.
- Record
CVE-2021-37909- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-37909 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Changing Inc. Tssservisignadapter, published September 15, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.01%, the 80th percentile. No source names a fixed version.