CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-13944

7.8 HIGH Published 2025-05-09 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Deferred
Published
2025-05-09
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-367, CWE-59

Description

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.

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References