Description
Local privilege escalation in G DATA Security Client due to incorrect assignment of privileges to directories. This vulnerability allows a local, unprivileged attacker to escalate privileges on affected installations by placing an arbitrary executable in a globally writable directory resulting in execution by the SetupSVC.exe service in the context of SYSTEM.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0014
EPSS Percentile
4.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-276
Status
published
Products (1)
G DATA CyberDefense AG/G DATA Security Client
< 15.8.333
Published
Jan 25, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026