High severity · published Sep 17, 2021
CVE-2021-38304
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…
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NI
Ni-pal · NI
through 20.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38304
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38304
Mitigation
https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/documentation/supplemental/21/improper-input-validation-in-ni-pal.html
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