Improper Privilege Management in Endpoint Product Removal (EPR) Tool - CVE-2021-23879
Published: March 16, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU51500
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23879
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges.
The vulnerability exists due to unquoted service path issue. A local administrator can escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code.
Affected software
Endpoint Product Removal (EPR) Tool
How to mitigate CVE-2021-23879
Install updates from vendor's website.
Endpoint Product Removal (EPR) Tool - update to 21.2