Vulnerability · Published Oct 4, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-41579
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-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 1.3% (higher than 70% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 30.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
LCDS LAquis SCADA through 4.3.1.1085 is vulnerable to a control bypass and path traversal. If an attacker can get a victim to load a malicious els project file and use the play feature, then the attacker can bypass a consent popup and write arbitrary files to OS locations where the user has permission, leading to code execution.