The specific flaw exists within the Patch Management Agent. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the agent 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-22315.
Metrics
Affected Vendors & Products
| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2024-47057 | VIPRE Advanced Security PMAgent Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of VIPRE Advanced Security. 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 Patch Management Agent. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the agent 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-22315. |
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
Fri, 23 Aug 2024 17:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:vipre:advanced_security:12.0.1.214:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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Wed, 21 Aug 2024 18:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| First Time appeared |
Vipre
Vipre advanced Security |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:vipre:advanced_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Vipre
Vipre advanced Security |
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| Metrics |
ssvc
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Wed, 21 Aug 2024 16:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | VIPRE Advanced Security PMAgent Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of VIPRE Advanced Security. 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 Patch Management Agent. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the agent 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-22315. | |
| Title | VIPRE Advanced Security PMAgent Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-59 | |
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| Metrics |
cvssV3_0
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: zdi
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-21T17:43:04.680Z
Reserved: 2024-06-12T19:56:43.863Z
Link: CVE-2024-5928
Updated: 2024-08-21T17:43:00.834Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-08-21T17:15:09.003
Modified: 2024-08-23T16:47:34.100
Link: CVE-2024-5928
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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EUVD