In Cylance CylancePROTECT before 1470, an unprivileged local user can obtain SYSTEM privileges because users have Modify access to the %PROGRAMFILES%\Cylance\Desktop\log folder, the CyUpdate process grants users Modify access to new files created in this folder, and a new file can be a symlink chain to a pathname of an arbitrary DLL that CyUpdate uses.
                
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    | Source | ID | Title | 
|---|---|---|
  EUVD | 
                EUVD-2018-2792 | In Cylance CylancePROTECT before 1470, an unprivileged local user can obtain SYSTEM privileges because users have Modify access to the %PROGRAMFILES%\Cylance\Desktop\log folder, the CyUpdate process grants users Modify access to new files created in this folder, and a new file can be a symlink chain to a pathname of an arbitrary DLL that CyUpdate uses. | 
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T07:46:46.449Z
Reserved: 2018-05-03T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-10722
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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-05-04T00:29:00.220
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:41:55.443
Link: CVE-2018-10722
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