CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-11644

7.8 HIGH Published 2019-05-17 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-05-17
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-427

Description

In the F-Secure installer in F-Secure SAFE for Windows before 17.6, F-Secure Internet Security before 17.6, F-Secure Anti-Virus before 17.6, F-Secure Client Security Standard and Premium before 14.10, F-Secure PSB Workstation Security before 12.01, and F-Secure Computer Protection Standard and Premium before 19.3, a local user can escalate their privileges through a DLL hijacking attack against the installer. The installer writes the file rm.exe to C:\Windows\Temp and then executes it. The rm.exe process then attempts to load several DLLs from its current directory. Non-admin users are able to write to this folder, so an attacker can create a malicious C:\Windows\Temp\OLEACC.dll file. When an admin runs the installer, rm.exe will execute the attacker's DLL in an elevated security context.

Affected configurations

• f-secure client security (< 14.10) • f-secure computer protection (< 19.3) • f-secure internet security (< 17.6) • f-secure psb workstation security (< 12.01) • f-secure safe (< 17.6)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness

References