CVE-2021-44463 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2021-44463

Emerson DeltaV Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Vulnerability Description

Missing DLLs, if replaced by an insider, could allow an attacker to achieve local privilege escalation on the DeltaV Distributed Control System Controllers and Workstations (All versions) when some DeltaV services are started.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Sharon Brizinov of Claroty reported these vulnerabilities to Emerson.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

deltav
Vulnerable Versions:
13.3.1, 14, 14.3.1, r6

Timeline

Official Publish: January 28th, 2022
Last Modified: April 17th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.