CVE-2024-7240

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.

References

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2024/7/30/breaking-barriers-and-assumptions-techniques-for-privilege-escalation-on-windows-part-2

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1012/

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-CAN-23005/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3