CVE-2021-37363

HIGH

Gestionale Open 11.00.00 - Insecure Permissions Leading to Privilege Escalation via mysqld.exe Replacement

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2021-37363. PoCs published by Alessandro Salzano.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a local privilege escalation (LPE) in Gestionale Open 11.00.00 by replacing the MariaDB service executable (mysqld.exe) with a malicious payload. The insecure folder permissions allow low-privilege users to overwrite the executable, which runs as Local System upon reboot.

Description

An Insecure Permissions issue exists in Gestionale Open 11.00.00. A low privilege account is able to rename the mysqld.exe file located in bin folder and replace with a malicious file that would connect back to an attacking computer giving system level privileges (nt authority\system) due to the service running as Local System. While a low privilege user is unable to restart the service through the application, a restart of the computer triggers the execution of the malicious file. The application also have unquoted service path issues.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Alessandro Salzano · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50449

This exploit demonstrates a local privilege escalation (LPE) in Gestionale Open 11.00.00 by replacing the MariaDB service executable (mysqld.exe) with a malicious payload. The insecure folder permissions allow low-privilege users to overwrite the executable, which runs as Local System upon reboot.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Gestionale Open 11.00.00
Auth required
Prerequisites: Authenticated access to the victim machine · Insecure folder permissions on C:\Gestionale_Open\MySQL57\bin\ · Ability to restart the victim machine
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Product x_refsource_misc
https://www.gestionaleopen.org/
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50449

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0157
EPSS Percentile 72.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-276
Status published
Products (1)
gestionaleopen/gestionale_open 11.00.00
Published Oct 26, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026