CVE-2021-29221

HIGH

Erlang/OTP < 23.2.3 - Local Privilege Escalation via Unsafe Filesystem Permissions

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0058
EPSS Percentile 43.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-426
Status published
Products (1)
erlang/erlang\/otp < 23.2.3
Published Apr 09, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026