In PyInstaller before version 3.6, only on Windows, a local privilege escalation vulnerability is present in this particular case: If a software using PyInstaller in "onefile" mode is launched by a privileged user (at least more than the current one) which have his "TempPath" resolving to a world writable directory. This is the case for example if the software is launched as a service or as a scheduled task using a system account (TempPath will be C:\Windows\Temp). In order to be exploitable the software has to be (re)started after the attacker launch the exploit program, so for a service launched at startup, a service restart is needed (e.g. after a crash or an upgrade).
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2020-01-14T20:10:12

Updated: 2024-08-05T01:24:48.332Z

Reserved: 2019-09-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-16784

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-01-14T20:15:11.957

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:31:11.060

Link: CVE-2019-16784

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