Privilege escalation via uncontrolled DLL search path
Published Oct 11, 2024 · Updated Oct 11, 2024
DLL hijacking in Lenovo Super File before 2.4 allows local users to execute code with elevated privileges through unsafe DLL loading. Lenovo has not published the affected executable, DLL name, search directory, or triggering operation beyond identifying an uncontrolled search path. Exploitation requires existing low-privilege local access and runs attacker-supplied code with the application's elevated rights.
Summary
What happened
DLL hijacking in Lenovo Super File before 2.4 allows local users to execute code with elevated privileges through unsafe DLL loading. Lenovo has not published the affected executable, DLL name, search directory, or triggering operation beyond identifying an uncontrolled search path. Exploitation requires existing low-privilege local access and runs attacker-supplied code with the application's elevated rights.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-4089
- Published
- Oct 11, 2024
- Updated
- Oct 11, 2024
- Vendor
- Lenovo
- Product
- Lenovo Super File
- Classifications
- CWE-427, T1574.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 11, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 11, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.4
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