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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.3 High

CVE-2024-7240

F-Secure Total Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
zdi

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.

Affected products

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

F-Secure Total

Default version status: unknown

  • 19.2affected

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