CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-37852
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-02-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• eset endpoint antivirus (>= 6.6.2046.0 < 7.3.2055.0)
• eset endpoint antivirus (>= 8.0 < 8.0.2028.3)
• eset endpoint antivirus (>= 8.1 < 8.1.2031.4)
• eset endpoint antivirus (>= 9.0 < 9.0.2032.6)
• eset endpoint security (>= 6.6.2046.0 < 7.3.2055.0)
• eset endpoint security (>= 8.0 < 8.0.2028.3)
• eset endpoint security (>= 8.1 < 8.1.2031.4)
• eset endpoint security (>= 9.0 < 9.0.2032.6)
• eset file security (>= 7.0.12014.0 <= 7.3.12006.0)
• eset internet security (>= 10.0.337.1 < 15.0.18.0)
• eset mail security (>= 7.0.10019 < 7.3.10014.0)
• eset mail security (>= 7.0.14008.0 < 7.3.14003.0)
• eset mail security (>= 8.0 < 8.0.14006.0)
• eset mail security (>= 8.0.10012.0 < 8.0.10018.0)
• eset nod32 antivirus (>= 10.0.337.1 <= 15.0.18.0)
• eset security (>= 7.0.15008.0 <= 8.0.15004.0)
• eset server security (>= 7.0.12016.1002 <= 7.2.12004.1000)
• eset server security 8.0.12003.0
• eset server security 8.0.12003.1
• eset smart security (>= 10.0.337.1 <= 15.0.18.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- https://support.eset.com/en/ca8223-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-fixed-in-eset-products-for-windows Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-148/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.eset.com/en/ca8223-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-fixed-in-eset-products-for-windows Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-148/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry