Vulnerability · Published Dec 14, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-44041
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.8% (higher than 79% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.8%top 21.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
UiPath Assistant 21.4.4 will load and execute attacker controlled data from the file path supplied to the --dev-widget argument of the URI handler for uipath-assistant://. This allows an attacker to execute code on a victim's machine or capture NTLM credentials by supplying a networked or WebDAV file path.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://docs.uipath.com/robot/docs/uipath-assistant x_refsource_MISC
- https://docs.uipath.com/robot/docs/release-notes-2021-10-4 x_refsource_MISC