CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-3459

7.8 HIGH Published 2024-05-14 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-05-14
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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-424

Description

KioWare for Windows (versions all through 8.34) allows to escape the environment by downloading PDF files, which then by default are opened in an external PDF viewer. By using built-in functions of that viewer it is possible to launch a web browser, search through local files and, subsequently, launch any program with user privileges.

Affected configurations

• kioware kioware (<= 8.34)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-424 Improper Protection of Alternate Path weakness

References