Local privilege escalation via unquoted service path
Published Mar 1, 2024 · Updated Aug 26, 2024
Unquoted service paths in W&T COM Redirectors and OPC-Server allow local users to execute code with administrative privileges. Their Windows service ImagePath registry values omit quotation marks, so path parsing can select an attacker-placed executable from a space-delimited prefix before the intended binary. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access and write access to a suitable directory along the service path; successful execution grants administrative control.
Summary
What happened
Unquoted service paths in W&T COM Redirectors and OPC-Server allow local users to execute code with administrative privileges. Their Windows service ImagePath registry values omit quotation marks, so path parsing can select an attacker-placed executable from a space-delimited prefix before the intended binary. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access and write access to a suitable directory along the service path; successful execution grants administrative control.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-25552
- Published
- Mar 1, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 26, 2024
- Vendor
- Wiesemann & Theis GmbH
- Product
- W&T OPC Server
- Classifications
- CWE-428, T1574.009
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 1, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 26, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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