CVE-2017-7884 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local authenticated users can escalate privileges to SYSTEM by replacing the service executable due to insecure default file permissions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-7884?
CVE-2017-7884 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Jun 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Adam Kropelin adk0212 APC UPS Daemon through 3.14.14, the default installation of APCUPSD allows a local authenticated, but unprivileged, user to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges by replacing the service executable apcupsd.exe with a malicious executable that will run with SYSTEM privileges at startup. This occurs because of "RW NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users" permissions for %SYSTEMDRIVE%\apcupsd\bin\apcupsd.exe.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7884?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apcupsd Apc Ups Daemon.
How do I fix CVE-2017-7884?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-7884 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-7884 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7884 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x543-885p-w95x.