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.

EPSS: 0.002 (14.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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.