Local privilege escalation via unquoted search path
Published Sep 27, 2023 · Updated Sep 23, 2024
Unquoted search path handling in Fortect 5.0.0.7 and earlier allows local users to elevate privileges through executable-path hijacking. The CNA does not identify the affected executable, service, registry value, or command line that leaves the search path unquoted. Low-privileged access to the host filesystem is required, and successful interception executes attacker-controlled code with elevated privileges.
Summary
What happened
Unquoted search path handling in Fortect 5.0.0.7 and earlier allows local users to elevate privileges through executable-path hijacking. The CNA does not identify the affected executable, service, registry value, or command line that leaves the search path unquoted. Low-privileged access to the host filesystem is required, and successful interception executes attacker-controlled code with elevated privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-42486
- Published
- Sep 27, 2023
- Updated
- Sep 23, 2024
- Vendor
- Fortect
- Product
- Fortect
- Classifications
- CWE-428, T1574.009
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 27, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 23, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=version 5.0.0.7 <=Upgrade to version 6.0.0.1
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