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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.5 High

CVE-2016-20033

Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 Local Privilege Escalation via nssm_x64.exe

Description

Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated users to escalate privileges by replacing executable files due to improper file permissions granting full access to the Everyone group. Attackers can replace the nssm_x64.exe binary in the manager and engine service directories with malicious executables to execute code with LocalSystem privileges when services restart.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Wowza Media Systems, LLC. Wowza Streaming Engine

  • 4.5.0affected

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