# CVE-2021-27032: Privilege escalation in Autodesk Licensing Installer

> A malicious user can exploit weak service permissions in Autodesk Licensing Installer to modify configurations and escalate privileges.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 May 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ghc3-cx2g-84m5

## What is CVE-2021-27032?

CVE-2021-27032 is a high-severity vulnerability in Autodesk Licensing Installer, published on 28 May 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-27032?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Autodesk Licensing Services.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-27032?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-27032 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-27032 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-27032 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-27032 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-27032 is a high-severity vulnerability in Autodesk Licensing Installer, published on 28 May 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-27032 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Autodesk Licensing Installer. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27032/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27032/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-27032
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27032
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-27032

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27032/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.