High 8.4Published Dec 23, 2025

CVE-2021-47739Epic Games Easy Anti-Cheat 4.0 Local Privilege Escalation via Unquoted Service Path

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 2:00 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 8.4 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-428
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulnCheck
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Dec 23, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Epic Games Easy Anti-Cheat epic_games:easy_anti_cheat (from the name)	4.0	CNA record

References

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49841	exploit
https://www.epicgames.com	product
https://www.easy.ac	product
https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2021-5652.php	third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/epic-games-easy-anti-cheat-local-privilege-escalation-via-unquoted-service-path	third-party-advisory

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