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    "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ASSIGNER": "security@eset.com",
        "DATE_PUBLIC": "2022-01-31T09:00:00.000Z",
        "ID": "CVE-2021-37852",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC",
        "TITLE": "LPE in ESET products for Windows"
    },
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                                "product_name": "ESET NOD32 Antivirus",
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                            {
                                "product_name": "ESET Internet Security",
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                                "product_name": "ESET Smart Security",
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                            {
                                "product_name": "ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Windows",
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                            },
                            {
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                                    ]
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "product_name": "ESET Server Security for Microsoft Windows Server",
                                "version": {
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                                        {
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                                            "version_name": "8.0.12003.0",
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                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "product_name": "ESET File Security for Microsoft Windows Server",
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                                            "version_name": "7.0.12014.0",
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                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "product_name": "ESET Server Security for Microsoft Azure",
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                                            "version_name": "7.0.12016.1002",
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                                    ]
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "product_name": "ESET Security for Microsoft SharePoint Server",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_affected": "<=",
                                            "version_name": "7.0.15008.0",
                                            "version_value": "8.0.15004.0"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "product_name": "ESET Mail Security for IBM Domino",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_affected": "<=",
                                            "version_name": "7.0.14008.0",
                                            "version_value": "8.0.14004.0"
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                                    ]
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "product_name": "ESET Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange Server",
                                "version": {
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                                            "version_affected": "<=",
                                            "version_name": "7.0.10019",
                                            "version_value": "8.0.10016.0"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
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                        ]
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                    "vendor_name": "ESET"
                }
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        }
    },
    "credit": [
        {
            "lang": "eng",
            "value": "Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative"
        }
    ],
    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_type": "CVE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "ESET products for Windows allows untrusted process to impersonate the client of a pipe, which can be leveraged by attacker to escalate privileges in the context of NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM."
            }
        ]
    },
    "generator": {
        "engine": "Vulnogram 0.0.9"
    },
    "impact": {
        "cvss": {
            "attackComplexity": "LOW",
            "attackVector": "LOCAL",
            "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
            "baseScore": 7.8,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
            "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
            "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
            "scope": "UNCHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "NONE",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.1"
        }
    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "Privilege Escalation"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "url": "https://support.eset.com/en/ca8223-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-fixed-in-eset-products-for-windows",
                "name": "https://support.eset.com/en/ca8223-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-fixed-in-eset-products-for-windows"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "url": "https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-148/",
                "name": "https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-148/"
            }
        ]
    },
    "source": {
        "advisory": "CA8223",
        "discovery": "EXTERNAL"
    },
    "work_around": [
        {
            "lang": "eng",
            "value": "The attack surface can also be eliminated by disabling the Enable advanced scanning via AMSI option in ESET products\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Advanced setup.\n\nHowever, ESET strongly recommends performing an upgrade to a fixed product version and only applying this workaround when the upgrade is not possible for an important reason."
        }
    ]
}