Epic Games Easy Anti-Cheat 4.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local non-privileged users to execute arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. Attackers can exploit the service configuration by inserting malicious code in the system root path that would execute with LocalSystem privileges during application startup.
History

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Epicgames
Epicgames easy Anti-cheat
Vendors & Products Epicgames
Epicgames easy Anti-cheat

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 22:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:45:00 +0000

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Description Epic Games Easy Anti-Cheat 4.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local non-privileged users to execute arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. Attackers can exploit the service configuration by inserting malicious code in the system root path that would execute with LocalSystem privileges during application startup.
Title Epic Games Easy Anti-Cheat 4.0 Local Privilege Escalation via Unquoted Service Path
Weaknesses CWE-428
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2025-12-23T19:34:10.825Z

Updated: 2025-12-23T21:37:45.785Z

Reserved: 2025-12-23T13:24:04.581Z

Link: CVE-2021-47739

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-23T21:37:38.668Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-23T20:15:45.893

Modified: 2025-12-23T20:15:45.893

Link: CVE-2021-47739

cve-icon Redhat

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