# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2021-37851"
idYear: 2021
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2022-05-11T14:08:03.466Z"
updatedAt: "2024-09-16T22:51:23.644Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:32.228Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2021-37851"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2021-37851.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-37851"
title: "Local Privilege Escalation in ESET product for Windows"
summary: "Local privilege escalation in Windows products of ESET allows user who is logged into the system to exploit repair feature of the installer to run malicious code with higher privileges. This issue affects: ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET NOD32 Antivirus 11.2 versions prior to 15.1.12.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Internet Security 11.2 versions prior to 15.1.12.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Smart Security Premium 11.2 versions prior to 15.1.12.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Endpoint Antivirus 6.0 versions prior to 9.0.2046.0; 6.0 versions prior to 8.1.2050.0; 6.0 versions prior to 8.0.2053.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Endpoint Security 6.0 versions prior to 9.0.2046.0; 6.0 versions prior to 8.1.2050.0; 6.0 versions prior to 8.0.2053.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Server Security for Microsoft Windows Server 8.0 versions prior to 9.0.12012.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET File Security for Microsoft Windows Server 8.0.12013.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange Server 6.0 versions prior to 8.0.10020.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Mail Security for IBM Domino 6.0 versions prior to 8.0.14011.0. ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Security for Microsoft SharePoint Server 6.0 versions prior to 8.0.15009.0."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"11.2","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"15.1.12.0"}],"vendor":"ESET, spol. s r.o.","product":"ESET NOD32 Antivirus"},{"versions":[{"version":"11.2","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"15.1.12.0"}],"vendor":"ESET, spol. s r.o.","product":"ESET Internet Security"},{"versions":[{"version":"11.2","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"15.1.12.0"}],"vendor":"ESET, spol. s r.o.","product":"ESET Smart Security Premium"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.0","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"9.0.2046.0","changes":[{"at":"8.1.2050.0","status":"unaffected"},{"at":"8.0.2053.0","status":"unaffected"}]}],"vendor":"ESET, spol. s r.o.","product":"ESET Endpoint Antivirus"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.0","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"9.0.2046.0","changes":[{"at":"8.1.2050.0","status":"unaffected"},{"at":"8.0.2053.0","status":"unaffected"}]}],"vendor":"ESET, spol. s r.o.","product":"ESET Endpoint Security"},{"versions":[{"version":"8.0","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"9.0.12012.0"}],"vendor":"ESET, spol. s r.o.","product":"ESET Server Security for Microsoft Windows Server"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.0 8.0.12013.0","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"ESET, spol. s r.o.","product":"ESET File Security for Microsoft Windows Server"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.0","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"8.0.10020.0"}],"vendor":"ESET, spol. s r.o.","product":"ESET Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange Server"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.0","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"8.0.14011.0"}],"vendor":"ESET, spol. s r.o.","product":"ESET Mail Security for IBM Domino"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.0","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"8.0.15009.0"}],"vendor":"ESET, spol. s r.o.","product":"ESET Security for Microsoft SharePoint Server"}]

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