CVE-2021-29221Untrusted Search Path in Project Erlang OTP

Severity
7.0HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 88.53%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedApr 9
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in Erlang/OTP prior to version 23.2.3. By adding files to an existing installation's directory, a local attacker could hijack accounts of other users running Erlang programs or possibly coerce a service running with "erlsrv.exe" to execute arbitrary code as Local System. This can occur only under specific conditions on Windows with unsafe filesystem permissions.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

NVDerlang/erlang_otp< 23.2.3
CVEListV5erlang_project/erlang_otp< 23.2.3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-gq7g-854q-935r: A local privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in Erlang/OTP prior to version 232022-05-24
CVEList
CVE-2021-29221: A local privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in Erlang/OTP prior to version 232021-04-09

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2021-29221: erlang - A local privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in Erlang/OTP prior to...2021

💬Community

1
HackerOne
Node Installer Local Privilege Escalation2021-07-01
CVE-2021-29221 — Untrusted Search Path | cvebase