CVE-2021-37852
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.006 · 48 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.60% (48th) EPSS
CVSS 7.2 · high
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-22
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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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
7.8
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security@eset.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
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affected products (31)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- eset endpoint antivirus6.6.2046.0 → 7.3.2055.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:eset:endpoint_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://support.eset.com/Patchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37852cnnvd
- https://support.eset.com/en/ca8223-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-fixed-in-eset-products-for-windowscnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/ESET-NOD32-Antivirus-privilege-escalation-via-AMSI-Scanning-37420cnnvd
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2022020304cnnvd
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-148/cnnvd
- https://support.eset.com/en/ca8223-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-fixed-in-eset-products-for-windowsenisa_euvd
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-148/enisa_euvd
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