Disksavvy Disk Savvy 13.6.14 Windows Service unquoted search path

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Disksavvy Disk Savvy 13.6.14. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Windows Service. Performing a manipulation results in unquoted search path. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2021-47805. The attack must be initiated from a local position. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Disksavvy Disk Savvy 13.6.14. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing of the component Windows Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unquoted search path vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-428. The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Disk Savvy 13.6.14 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in its Windows service configuration that allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in service binaries to inject malicious executables that will be run with elevated LocalSystem privileges.

The weakness was shared by Brian Rodriguez as 50024. The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-47805 since 01/14/2026. The exploitability is told to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1574.009 for this issue.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (50024). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Disksavvy

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• Disk Savvy

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• 13.6.14

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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