Description
An issue was discovered in Microvirt MEmu 6.0.6. The MemuService.exe service binary is vulnerable to local privilege escalation through binary planting due to insecure permissions set at install time. This allows code to be run as NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/CVEs/tree/master/CVE-2018-20621
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0056
EPSS Percentile
68.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-732
Status
published
Products (1)
microvirt/memu
6.0.6
Published
Mar 13, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026