CVE-2021-27032

high

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.

References

https://www.autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2021-0002%3B

https://www.autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2021-0002

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/downloads/content/autodesk-licensing-service-download.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-05-28

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00033