CVE-2021-29221

Published Apr 9, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.0 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-15860 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
DeepSurface
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 10:02 PM
Reserved
Mar 25, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 9, 2021, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:47 AM