What is CVE-2021-27032?

CVE-2021-27032 is a high-severity vulnerability in Autodesk Licensing Services, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-05-28.

How severe is CVE-2021-27032?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Autodesk Licensing Services

CVE-2021-27032

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.

Published 2021-05-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (13.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 13.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Autodesk Licensing Services — versions 9.0.1.1462.100
Autodesk Licensing Installer — versions 9.0.1.1462.100

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/downloads/content/autodesk-licensing-… (Product, Vendor Advisory)
www.autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2021-0002;
www.autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2021-0002 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-27032?: CVE-2021-27032 is a high-severity vulnerability in Autodesk Licensing Services, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-05-28.
How severe is CVE-2021-27032?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.