CVE-2021-37851

published 2022-05-11

CVE-2021-37851: Local privilege escalation in Windows products of ESET allows user who is logged into the system to exploit repair feature of the installer to run malicious…

Priority P3 42 high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

Local privilege escalation in Windows products of ESET allows user who is logged into the system to exploit repair feature of the installer to run malicious code with higher privileges. This issue affects: ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET NOD32 Antivirus 11.2 versions prior to 15.1.12.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Internet Security 11.2 versions prior to 15.1.12.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Smart Security Premium 11.2 versions prior to 15.1.12.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Endpoint Antivirus 6.0 versions prior to 9.0.2046.0; 6.0 versions prior to 8.1.2050.0; 6.0 versions prior to 8.0.2053.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Endpoint Security 6.0 versions prior to 9.0.2046.0; 6.0 versions prior to 8.1.2050.0; 6.0 versions prior to 8.0.2053.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Server Security for Microsoft Windows Server 8.0 versions prior to 9.0.12012.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET File Security for Microsoft Windows Server 8.0.12013.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange Server 6.0 versions prior to 8.0.10020.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Mail Security for IBM Domino 6.0 versions prior to 8.0.14011.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Security for Microsoft SharePoint Server 6.0 versions prior to 8.0.15009.0.

Affected

25 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
eset	endpoint_antivirus	>= 6.0 < 8.0.2053.0	8.0.2053.0
eset	endpoint_antivirus	>= 8.1 < 8.1.2050.0	8.1.2050.0
eset	endpoint_antivirus	>= 9.0 < 9.0.2046.0	9.0.2046.0
eset	endpoint_security	>= 6.0 < 8.0.2053.0	8.0.2053.0
eset	endpoint_security	>= 8.1 < 8.1.2050.0	8.1.2050.0
eset	endpoint_security	>= 9.0 < 9.0.2046.0	9.0.2046.0
eset	file_security	>= 6.0 < 8.0.12013.0	8.0.12013.0
eset	internet_security	>= 11.2 < 15.1.12.0	15.1.12.0
eset	mail_security	>= 6.0 < 8.0.10020.0	8.0.10020.0
eset	mail_security	>= 6.0 < 8.0.14011.0	8.0.14011.0
eset	nod32_antivirus	>= 11.2 < 15.1.12.0	15.1.12.0
eset	security	>= 6.0 < 8.0.15009.0	8.0.15009.0
eset	server_security	>= 6.0	—
eset	server_security	>= 8.0 < 9.0.12012.0	9.0.12012.0
eset	smart_security	>= 11.2 < 15.1.12.0	15.1.12.0
eset_spol_s_r.o	eset_endpoint_antivirus	>= 6.0 < 9.0.2046.0	9.0.2046.0
eset_spol_s_r.o	eset_endpoint_security	>= 6.0 < 9.0.2046.0	9.0.2046.0
eset_spol_s_r.o	eset_file_security_for_microsoft_windows_server	—	—
eset_spol_s_r.o	eset_internet_security	>= 11.2 < 15.1.12.0	15.1.12.0
eset_spol_s_r.o	eset_mail_security_for_ibm_domino	>= 6.0 < 8.0.14011.0	8.0.14011.0
eset_spol_s_r.o	eset_mail_security_for_microsoft_exchange_server	>= 6.0 < 8.0.10020.0	8.0.10020.0
eset_spol_s_r.o	eset_nod32_antivirus	>= 11.2 < 15.1.12.0	15.1.12.0
eset_spol_s_r.o	eset_security_for_microsoft_sharepoint_server	>= 6.0 < 8.0.15009.0	8.0.15009.0
eset_spol_s_r.o	eset_server_security_for_microsoft_windows_server	>= 8.0 < 9.0.12012.0	9.0.12012.0
eset_spol_s_r.o	eset_smart_security_premium	>= 11.2 < 15.1.12.0	15.1.12.0

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 7.2 HIGH AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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