CVE-2022-50921

HIGH

WOW21 5.0.1.9 - Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2022-50921. PoCs published by Antonio Cuomo.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing an unquoted service path vulnerability in WOW21_Service 5.0.1.9. The service path contains spaces and is not enclosed in quotes, potentially allowing local privilege escalation if an attacker can place a malicious executable in the path.

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Antonio Cuomo · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50818

This is a writeup describing an unquoted service path vulnerability in WOW21_Service 5.0.1.9. The service path contains spaces and is not enclosed in quotes, potentially allowing local privilege escalation if an attacker can place a malicious executable in the path.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: WOW21_Service 5.0.1.9
Auth required
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · Ability to write to the root of C:\ or C:\Program Files\
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 8.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-428
Status published
Products (1)
wow21/wow21 5.0.1.9
Published Jan 13, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026