CVE-2024-2003 – Local Privilege Escalation in Quarantine of ESET products for Windows

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2024-2003

Local privilege escalation vulnerability allowed an attacker to misuse ESET's file operations during a restore operation from quarantine. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of ESET Smart Security Premium. User interaction on the part of an administrator is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the ESET Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to create a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. • https://support.eset.com/ca8674 • CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management •