CVE-2021-27032
Autodesk Licensing Installer Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
Autodesk Licensing Installer was found to be vulnerable to privilege escalation issues. A malicious user with limited privileges could run any number of tools on a system to identify services that are configured with weak permissions and are running under elevated privileges. These weak permissions could allow all users on the operating system to modify the service configuration and take ownership of the service.
INFO
Published Date :
May 28, 2021, 12:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 3:31 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Autodesk https://www.autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2021-0002%3B [No types assigned] Removed Reference Autodesk https://www.autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2021-0002; -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 17, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://www.autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2021-0002 No Types Assigned https://www.autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2021-0002 Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2021-0002; No Types Assigned https://www.autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2021-0002; Broken Link Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:autodesk:licensing_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 10.2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:autodesk:licensing_services:9.0.1.1462.100:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 16, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2021-0002 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 15, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description Autodesk Licensing Services was found to be vulnerable to privilege escalation issues. A limited privileges malicious user could run any number of tools on a system to identify services which are configured with weak permissions and are running under elevated privileges. These weak permissions could allow all users on the operating system to modify the service configuration, and take ownership of the service. This issue was found by an external security researcher. Autodesk Licensing Installer was found to be vulnerable to privilege escalation issues. A malicious user with limited privileges could run any number of tools on a system to identify services that are configured with weak permissions and are running under elevated privileges. These weak permissions could allow all users on the operating system to modify the service configuration and take ownership of the service. Removed Reference https://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/downloads/content/autodesk-licensing-service-release-notes.html?collection=310021 [Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] Added Reference https://www.autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2021-0002; [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 10, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/downloads/content/autodesk-licensing-service-download.html No Types Assigned https://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/downloads/content/autodesk-licensing-service-download.html Product, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/downloads/content/autodesk-licensing-service-release-notes.html?collection=310021 No Types Assigned https://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/downloads/content/autodesk-licensing-service-release-notes.html?collection=310021 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-276 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:autodesk:licensing_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 10.2
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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0.10 }} 0.00%
score
0.38451
percentile