Privilege escalation or service interruption via symlink following
Published Mar 26, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2024
Symlink following in TeamViewer Remote before 15.52 for macOS allows local users to elevate privileges or interrupt the service. TeamViewer has not disclosed the affected path or file operation; the published record identifies only an insecure symlink-following operation. Exploitation requires unprivileged access to the macOS host, and the documented consequences are privilege elevation or denial of service.
Summary
What happened
Symlink following in TeamViewer Remote before 15.52 for macOS allows local users to elevate privileges or interrupt the service. TeamViewer has not disclosed the affected path or file operation; the published record identifies only an insecure symlink-following operation. Exploitation requires unprivileged access to the macOS host, and the documented consequences are privilege elevation or denial of service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-1933
- Published
- Mar 26, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Vendor
- TeamViewer
- Product
- TeamViewer Remote
- Classifications
- CWE-61, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 26, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <15.52
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