CVE-2013-1610 Privilege escalation in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Local attackers can gain elevated privileges by placing a malicious application in the system drive root due to unquoted service paths.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2013-1610?

CVE-2013-1610 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Aug 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in RDDService in Symantec PGP Desktop 10.0.x through 10.2.x and Symantec Encryption Desktop 10.3.0 before MP3 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse application in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% top-level directory.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1610?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Symantec Encryption Desktop, Symantec Pgp Desktop.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1610?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-1610 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2013-1610 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1610 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6jjg-9wjx-3chr.

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