Servers and applications
CVE-2021-29221
A local privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in Erlang/OTP prior to version 23.2.3. By adding files to an existing installation's directory, a local attacker could hijack accounts of other users running Erlang programs or possibly coerce a service running with "erlsrv.exe" to execute arbitrary code as Local System. This can occur only under specific conditions on Windows with unsafe…
- Severity
- High 7.0
- Published
- 9 Apr 2021
- Last changed
- 17 Jun 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 16 Oct 2026
- Fixed in
- 23.2.3
- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
|---|---|
Erlang/OTPServers and applications · cpe:a:erlang:erlang\/otp |
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