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CVE-2021-41544

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-08-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-427

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Siemens Software Center (All versions < V3.0). A DLL Hijacking vulnerability could allow a local attacker to execute code with elevated privileges by placing a malicious DLL in one of the directories on the DLL search path.

Affected products

• Siemens Software Center: before 3.0 — fixed in 3.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Siemens Software Center 3.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-188491.pdf
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-188491.pdf

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