Disksorter Disk Sorter Enterprise 13.6.12 Windows Service disksrs.exe unquoted search path

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Disksorter Disk Sorter Enterprise 13.6.12. Affected is an unknown function of the file C:\Program Files\Disk Sorter Enterprise\bin\disksrs.exe of the component Windows Service. The manipulation results in unquoted search path. This vulnerability was named CVE-2021-47809. The attack needs to be approached locally. In addition, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Disksorter Disk Sorter Enterprise 13.6.12. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown functionality of the file C:\Program Files\Disk Sorter Enterprise\bin\disksrs.exe 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. CVE summarizes:

Disk Sorter Enterprise 13.6.12 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 'C:\Program Files\Disk Sorter Enterprise\bin\disksrs.exe' to inject malicious executables and escalate privileges.

The weakness was presented by BRushiran as 50014. The advisory is available at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-47809 since 01/14/2026. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. Technical details and a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1574.009 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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 (50014). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Disksorter

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• Disk Sorter Enterprise

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• 13.6.12

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