CVE-2021-3576

Privilege escalation via SeImpersonatePrivilege

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Oct 28, 2021
Updated
Sep 17, 2024
Reserved
Jun 2, 2021

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Description

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools, Total Security allows a local attacker to elevate to 'NT AUTHORITY\System. Impersonation enables the server thread to perform actions on behalf of the client but within the limits of the client's security context. This issue affects: Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools versions prior to 7.2.1.65. Bitdefender Total Security versions prior to 25.0.26.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HBitdefender

Weaknesses

  • CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Endpoint Security ToolsBitdefender
  • before 7.2.1.65Affected
Total SecurityBitdefender
  • before 25.0.26Affected

References

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