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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References
        | Link | Providers | 
|---|---|
| https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1012/ |     | 
History
                    Wed, 11 Dec 2024 14:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
|---|---|---|
| Metrics | cvssV3_1 
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Thu, 05 Dec 2024 15:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
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| First Time appeared | F-secure F-secure total | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:total:19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products | F-secure F-secure total | |
| Metrics | ssvc 
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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 
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: zdi
Published: 2024-11-22T21:12:29.581Z
Updated: 2024-12-05T14:26:55.438Z
Reserved: 2024-07-29T20:29:05.822Z
Link: CVE-2024-7240
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
                    Updated: 2024-12-05T14:26:47.783Z
 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-11-22T22:15:16.890
Modified: 2024-12-11T14:22:23.280
Link: CVE-2024-7240
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                        Redhat
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