CVE-2020-11446 Privilege escalation in n/a
A local attacker with limited access can exploit hard links in ESET directories to write to protected files, resulting in privilege escalation.
- 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-2020-11446?
CVE-2020-11446 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Apr 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ESET Antivirus and Antispyware Module module 1553 through 1560 allows a user with limited access rights to create hard links in some ESET directories and then force the product to write through these links into files that would normally not be write-able by the user, thus achieving privilege escalation.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11446?
It affects 8 products.
Products include Eset Antivirus and Antispyware, Eset Endpoint Antivirus, Eset Endpoint Security, Eset File Security, Eset Internet Security, Eset Mail Security and 2 more.
How do I fix CVE-2020-11446?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11446 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-11446 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11446 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8x8c-53m7-7cx8.