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    "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/7003?format=api",
    "vulnerability_id": "VCID-gc4h-z6c8-63dx",
    "summary": "AppGuard Agent for Windows contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability prior to version 6.7.100.1.",
    "aliases": [
        {
            "alias": "CVE-2021-42255"
        },
        {
            "alias": " MNDT-2022-0022"
        }
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                    "published_at": "2026-05-30T12:55:00Z"
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            "url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-42255"
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        {
            "cwe_id": 379,
            "name": "Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions",
            "description": "The product creates a temporary file in a directory whose permissions allow unintended actors to determine the file's existence or otherwise access that file."
        }
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