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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2021-31771

Change History

CVE Modified by MITRE 1/14/2022 1:15:09 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Changed Description 
Splinterware System Scheduler Professional version 5.30 is subject to insecure folders permissions issue impacting where the service 'WindowsScheduler' calls its executable. This allow a non-privileged user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges (system level privileges as "nt authority\system") since the service runs as Local System.
 
** DISPUTED ** Splinterware System Scheduler Professional version 5.30 is subject to insecure folders permissions issue impacting where the service 'WindowsScheduler' calls its executable. This allow a non-privileged user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges (system level privileges as "nt authority\system") since the service runs as Local System. NOTE: the vendor states that the exploit-db.com and packetstormsecurity.com references (provided by a third party) were deleted once the vendor "proved that he had made a mistake."