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.
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
References
Metrics cvssV3_0

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon 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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2024-11-22T22:15:16.890

Modified: 2024-11-22T22:15:16.890

Link: CVE-2024-7240

cve-icon Redhat

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