CVE-2024-7240 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2024-7240

F-Secure Total Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Total
Vulnerable Versions:
19.2

Timeline

Official Publish: November 22nd, 2024
Last Modified: December 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1574 Hijack Execution Flow
Privilege Escalation
T1222 File and Directory Permissions Modification
Defense Evasion
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1565 Data Manipulation
Impact
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence