F-Secure Total Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of F-Secure Total. User interaction on the part of an administrator is required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the WithSecure plugin hosting service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to create a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-23005.
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https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1012/ |
History
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 21:30:00 +0000
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Description | F-Secure Total Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of F-Secure Total. User interaction on the part of an administrator is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the WithSecure plugin hosting service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to create a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-23005. | |
Title | F-Secure Total Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability | |
Weaknesses | CWE-59 | |
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cvssV3_0
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: zdi
Published: 2024-11-22T21:12:29.581Z
Updated: 2024-11-22T21:12:29.581Z
Reserved: 2024-07-29T20:29:05.822Z
Link: CVE-2024-7240
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2024-11-22T22:15:16.890
Modified: 2024-11-22T22:15:16.890
Link: CVE-2024-7240
Redhat
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