CVE-2022-50921: WOW21

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

WOW21 5.0.1.9 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted binary path to inject malicious executables that will be launched with LocalSystem permissions during service startup.

Affected products

• WOW21 WOW21: version 5.0.1.9 only

Published 2026-01-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.