CVE-2021-38304
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 17, 2021 at 03:51 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:01 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNI-PAL
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
Improper input validation in the National Instruments NI-PAL driver in versions 20.0.0 and prior may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/documentation/supplemental/21/improper-input-validation-in-ni-pal.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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