Avira Prime Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avira Prime. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Avira Spotlight Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to delete a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-21600.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: zdi

Published: 2024-05-22T19:16:48.396Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:40:34.068Z

Reserved: 2023-12-20T21:52:34.963Z

Link: CVE-2023-51636

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:40:34.068Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-05-22T20:15:08.407

Modified: 2024-05-24T01:15:30.977

Link: CVE-2023-51636

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