CVE-2019-14969 Privilege escalation in n/a
Low-privileged users can escalate privileges to SYSTEM via DLL hijacking due to insecure file permissions and improper service impersonation in Netwrix Auditor.
- 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-2019-14969?
CVE-2019-14969 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Aug 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Netwrix Auditor before 9.8 has insecure permissions on %PROGRAMDATA%\Netwrix Auditor\Logs\ActiveDirectory\ and sub-folders. In addition, the service Netwrix.ADA.StorageAuditService (which writes to that directory) does not perform proper impersonation, and thus the target file will have the same permissions as the invoking process (in this case, granting Authenticated Users full access over the target file). This vulnerability can be triggered by a low-privileged user to perform DLL Hijacking/Binary Planting attacks and ultimately execute code as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM with the help of Symbolic Links.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14969?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Netwrix Auditor.
How do I fix CVE-2019-14969?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-14969 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-14969 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14969 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8vm9-2jxc-4h6c.