CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2021-3576
High (7.8) in bitdefender. EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools, Total Security allows a local attacker to elevate to 'NT AUTHORITY\System. Impersonation enables the server thread to perform actions on behalf of the client but within the limits of the client's security context. This issue affects: Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools versions prior to 7.2.1.65. Bitdefender Total Security versions prior to 25.0.26.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 60% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-269, CWE-250
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- bitdefender:endpoint_security_tools
- bitdefender:total_security
References
- https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/privilege-escalation-via-seimpersonateprivilege-in-bitdefender-endpoint-security-tools-va-9848/
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1276/
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1376/
- https://www.bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/privilege-escalation-via-seimpersonateprivilege-in-bitdefender-endpoint-security-tools-va-9848/
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1276/