Local privilege escalation via untrusted DLL search
Published Sep 3, 2024 · Updated Sep 3, 2024
DLL hijacking in Yandex Browser for Desktop before 24.7.1.380 allows local users to gain privileges through an untrusted search path. The browser resolves a DLL through that path, allowing an attacker-controlled library placed earlier in the search order to load; Yandex has not disclosed the executable, library, or directory involved. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access, and the loaded code can affect the browser and subsequent system components.
Summary
What happened
DLL hijacking in Yandex Browser for Desktop before 24.7.1.380 allows local users to gain privileges through an untrusted search path. The browser resolves a DLL through that path, allowing an attacker-controlled library placed earlier in the search order to load; Yandex has not disclosed the executable, library, or directory involved. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access, and the loaded code can affect the browser and subsequent system components.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-6473
- Published
- Sep 3, 2024
- Updated
- Sep 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Yandex
- Product
- Yandex Browser
- Classifications
- CWE-426, CAPEC-233, T1574.001
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 3, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <24.7.1.380
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