Description

Avast Premium Security Sandbox Protection Link Following Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Avast Premium Security. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the implementation of the sandbox feature. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to create arbitrary namespace objects. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. . Was ZDI-CAN-20383.

INFO

Published Date :

2024-05-03T02:13:31.242Z

Last Modified :

2024-09-20T19:07:41.026Z

Source :

zdi
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-42125 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Avast
  • Premium Security
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