CVE-2021-37852

LPE in ESET products for Windows

Published Feb 9, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

The attack surface can also be eliminated by disabling the Enable advanced scanning via AMSI option in ESET products’ Advanced setup. However, ESET strongly recommends performing an upgrade to a fixed product version and only applying this workaround when the upgrade is not possible for an important reason.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-24331 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.
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