CVE-2021-43455

HIGH

freelan 2.2 - Unquoted Service Path

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2021-43455. PoCs published by Mohammed Alshehri.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing an unquoted service path vulnerability in FreeLAN 2.2, which could allow privilege escalation during system startup or reboot. The exploit details are theoretical and lack executable PoC code.

Description

An Unquoted Service Path vulnerability exists in FreeLAN 2.2 via a specially crafted file in the FreeLAN Service path.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Mohammed Alshehri · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49630

This is a writeup describing an unquoted service path vulnerability in FreeLAN 2.2, which could allow privilege escalation during system startup or reboot. The exploit details are theoretical and lack executable PoC code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: FreeLAN 2.2
Auth required
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · Ability to write to the vulnerable path
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/M507/Miner
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49630
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197919

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0045
EPSS Percentile 35.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-428
Status published
Products (1)
freelan/freelan 2.2
Published Apr 04, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026