Privilege escalation via writable installation files
Published Jul 27, 2023 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Incorrect default permissions in Arm development-tool installers allow local users to execute malicious code through writable installation files. The installers create or retain installation directories whose permissions let a lower-privileged account replace files that trusted users or processes later execute. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and a permissive installation directory; successful replacement runs attacker-controlled code in the later execution context.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect default permissions in Arm development-tool installers allow local users to execute malicious code through writable installation files. The installers create or retain installation directories whose permissions let a lower-privileged account replace files that trusted users or processes later execute. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and a permissive installation directory; successful replacement runs attacker-controlled code in the later execution context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-43701
- Published
- Jul 27, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-276, T1574
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 27, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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