PT-2026-3286 · Sophos · Sandboxie

Erick Galindo · Published 2026-01-16 · Updated 2026-01-16 · CVE-2021-47831

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sandboxie version 5.49.7

Description The software contains a denial of service issue that allows attackers to crash the application. This is achieved by overflowing the container folder input field. An attacker can paste a large buffer of repeated characters into the Sandbox container folder setting, which triggers an application crash.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-1284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-47831

Affected Products

Sandboxie

References · 5

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/49844 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47831 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2012303213672939715 · Twitter Post
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/sandboxie-denial-of-service · Note
• https://sandboxie-plus.com · Note