CVE-2021-37852 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2021-37852

LPE in ESET products for Windows

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative

References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

ESET NOD32 Antivirus, ESET Internet Security, ESET Smart Security, ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Windows, ESET Endpoint Security for Windows, ESET Server Security for Microsoft Windows Server, ESET File Security for Microsoft Windows Server, ESET Server Security for Microsoft Azure, ESET Security for Microsoft SharePoint Server, ESET Mail Security for IBM Domino, ESET Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange Server
Vulnerable Versions:
10.0.337.1, 6.6.2046.0, 8.0.12003.0, 7.0.12014.0, 7.0.12016.1002, 7.0.15008.0, 7.0.14008.0, 7.0.10019

Timeline

Official Publish: February 9th, 2022
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.