cve-2021-29221
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-04-09 13:34
Modified
2024-08-03 22:02
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
security@deepsurface.comhttps://deepsurface.com/deepsurface-security-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-in-erlang-on-windows-cve-2021-29221/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
security@deepsurface.comhttps://github.com/erlang/otp/releases/tag/OTP-23.2.3Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://deepsurface.com/deepsurface-security-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-in-erlang-on-windows-cve-2021-29221/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/erlang/otp/releases/tag/OTP-23.2.3Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Erlang Project Erlang/OTP Version: < 23.2.3
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