CVE-2024-7240

HIGH

F-Secure Total - Local Privilege Escalation via Symbolic Link Abuse in WithSecure Plugin Hosting Service

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_research-advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1012/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0038
EPSS Percentile 29.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (1)
f-secure/total 19.2
Published Nov 22, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026