CVE-2021-41065 Privilege escalation in n/a
An attacker can impersonate a privileged user by hijacking a named pipe, leading to privilege escalation and code execution on Windows hosts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-41065?
CVE-2021-41065 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Dec 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Listary through 6. An attacker can create a \\.\pipe\Listary.listaryService named pipe and wait for a privileged user to open a session on the Listary installed host. Listary will automatically access the named pipe and the attacker will be able to duplicate the victim's token to impersonate him. This exploit is valid in certain Windows versions (Microsoft has patched the issue in later Windows 10 builds).
Weakness: CWE-668
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-41065?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bopsoft Listary.
How do I fix CVE-2021-41065?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-41065 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-41065 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-41065 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9h7c-fm35-pjfg.