CVE-2021-47883

HIGH

Sandboxie Plus 0.7.2 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2021-47883. PoCs published by Mohammed Alshehri.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing an unquoted service path vulnerability in Sandboxie Plus v0.7.2. The vulnerability could allow local privilege escalation by exploiting the service path if an executable is planted in a higher directory level.

Description

Sandboxie Plus 0.7.2 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the SbieSvc service that allows local attackers to execute code with elevated privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted binary path to inject malicious executables that will be launched with LocalSystem permissions during service startup.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Mohammed Alshehri · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49631

This is a writeup describing an unquoted service path vulnerability in Sandboxie Plus v0.7.2. The vulnerability could allow local privilege escalation by exploiting the service path if an executable is planted in a higher directory level.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Sandboxie Plus v0.7.2
Auth required
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · Ability to write to the root of C:\ or another directory in the unquoted path
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49631
Various Sources product
https://sandboxie-plus.com/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 2.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-428
Status published
Products (1)
Sandboxie-Plus/Sandboxie Plus 0.7.2
Published Jan 21, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026