CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2021-37852
High (7.8) in eset. EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
ESET products for Windows allows untrusted process to impersonate the client of a pipe, which can be leveraged by attacker to escalate privileges in the context of NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 48% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-269
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- eset:endpoint_antivirus
- eset:endpoint_security
- eset:file_security
- eset:internet_security
- eset:mail_security
- eset:nod32_antivirus
- eset:security
- eset:server_security
- eset:smart_security
References
- https://support.eset.com/en/ca8223-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-fixed-in-eset-products-for-windows
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-148/
- https://support.eset.com/en/ca8223-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-fixed-in-eset-products-for-windows
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-148/