CVE-2024-7400
Local privilege escalation in ESET products for Windows
7.0CVSSHIGH
Description
The vulnerability potentially allowed an attacker to misuse ESET’s file operations during the removal of a detected file on the Windows operating system to delete files without having proper permissions to do so.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:LAccess VectorLocal
AC:HAccess ComplexityHigh
Impact
C:HConfidentialityH
I:HIntegrityH
A:HAvailabilityH
Weaknesses
Affected Products
eset, spol. s r.o.commercialSKSecurity Productsaka eset, eset internet security, eset nod32 antivirus
and 21 more affected products View all →
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
References
https://support.eset.com/en/ca8726-local-privilege-escalation-fixed-for-vulnerability-during-detected-file-removal-in-eset-products-for-windows
support.eset.com
https://support.eset.com/en/ca8726-local-privilege-escalation-fixed-for-vulnerability-during-detected-file-removal-in-eset-products-for-windows
support.eset.com
https://www.securitylab.ru/news/552375.php
securitylab.ru
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Timeline
Published
Sep 27, 2024
Last Updated
Sep 30, 2024
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