CVE-2024-13944
Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in NortonUtilitiesSvc in Norton Utilities Ultimate (Also affects Avast CleanUp and AVG TuneUp)
Severity Score
7.8
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
Track*
*SSVC
Descriptions
Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in NortonUtilitiesSvc in Norton Utilities Ultimate Version 24.2.16862.6344 on Windows 10 Pro x64 allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via the creation of a symbolic link and leveraging a TOCTTOU (time-of-check to time-of-use) attack.
*Credits:
Vladislav Berghici of Trend Micro Research, Zero Day Initiative
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:Track*
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2025-05-06 CVE Reserved
- 2025-05-09 CVE Published
- 2025-05-09 CVE Updated
- 2025-05-15 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
CAPEC
- CAPEC-233: Privilege Escalation
References (1)
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Norton Search vendor "Norton" | Norton Utilities Ultimate Search vendor "Norton" for product "Norton Utilities Ultimate" | <= 24.3.17165.6812 Search vendor "Norton" for product "Norton Utilities Ultimate" and version " <= 24.3.17165.6812" | en |
Affected
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| Avast Search vendor "Avast" | CleanUp Search vendor "Avast" for product "CleanUp" | <= 24.3.17165.19178 Search vendor "Avast" for product "CleanUp" and version " <= 24.3.17165.19178" | en |
Affected
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| AVG Search vendor "AVG" | TuneUp Search vendor "AVG" for product "TuneUp" | <= 24.3.17165.10564 Search vendor "AVG" for product "TuneUp" and version " <= 24.3.17165.10564" | en |
Affected
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