Local privilege escalation via unquoted service path
Published Feb 19, 2024 · Updated Mar 25, 2025
Unquoted service paths in 12d Synergy Server and File Replication Server allow local users to execute programs with elevated privileges. Windows tests the shortest matching executable path first because each affected service stores a path containing spaces without enclosing quotes. Exploitation requires local access and write permission in an earlier path location; a planted executable runs with the service account when the service starts.
Summary
What happened
Unquoted service paths in 12d Synergy Server and File Replication Server allow local users to execute programs with elevated privileges. Windows tests the shortest matching executable path first because each affected service stores a path containing spaces without enclosing quotes. Exploitation requires local access and write permission in an earlier path location; a planted executable runs with the service account when the service starts.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-24722
- Published
- Feb 19, 2024
- Updated
- Mar 25, 2025
- Vendor
- 12d Synergy
- Product
- 12d Synergy File Replication Server
- Classifications
- CWE-428, T1574.009
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 19, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 25, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <4.3.10.192
- Affected versionversion=0 <5.1.5.221
- Affected versionversion=0 <5.1.6.235
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