Local code execution via DFServ search hijacking
Published Mar 12, 2024 · Updated Aug 1, 2024
Unquoted search path handling in Faronics Deep Freeze Server Standard 8.30.020.4627 and earlier allows local users to execute code. DFServ.exe resolves an attacker-supplied executable of the same name from a higher-priority directory instead of the legitimate service binary. Local user privileges and a service restart are required; successful exploitation runs code with the service context or prevents the service from starting.
Summary
What happened
Unquoted search path handling in Faronics Deep Freeze Server Standard 8.30.020.4627 and earlier allows local users to execute code. DFServ.exe resolves an attacker-supplied executable of the same name from a higher-priority directory instead of the legitimate service binary. Local user privileges and a service restart are required; successful exploitation runs code with the service context or prevents the service from starting.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-1618
- Published
- Mar 12, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 1, 2024
- Vendor
- Faronics
- Product
- Deep Freeze
- Classifications
- CWE-428, T1574.008
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 12, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 1, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=8.30.020.4627
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