MacPaw Way Encrypto 1.0.1 unquoted search path

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in MacPaw Way Encrypto 1.0.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file C:\Program Files\Encrypto\. The manipulation leads to unquoted search path. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2021-47863. The attack must be carried out locally. In addition, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in MacPaw Way Encrypto 1.0.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file C:\Program Files\Encrypto\. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unquoted search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

MacPaw Encrypto 1.0.1 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in its Encrypto Service configuration that allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in C:\Program Files\Encrypto\ to inject malicious executables and escalate privileges on Windows systems.

The weakness was presented by Ismael Nava as 49694. It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-47863 since 01/18/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1574.009 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available 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 (49694). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• MacPaw Way

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• Encrypto

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• 1.0.1

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