High severity8.4NVD Advisory· Published Dec 23, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2021-47739

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.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.easy.acnvd
www.epicgames.comnvd
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49841nvd
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/epic-games-easy-anti-cheat-local-privilege-escalation-via-unquoted-service-pathnvd
www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2021-5652.phpnvd

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