# CVE-2020-15722: Privilege escalation in 360 Total Security

> Local attackers can exploit DLL hijacking in 360 Total Security to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Jul 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wqwc-q68g-5fjg

## What is CVE-2020-15722?

CVE-2020-15722 is a high-severity vulnerability in 360 Total Security, published on 21 Jul 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

In version 12.1.0.1004 and below of 360 Total Security,when TPI calls the browser process, there exists a local privilege escalation vulnerability. An attacker who could exploit DLL hijacking could execute arbitrary code on the Local system.

Weakness: CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-15722?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 360totalsecurity 360 Total Security.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-15722?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-15722 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-15722 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-15722 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in 360 Total Security

- [CVE-2024-22014](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22014/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-33973](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-33973/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-15723](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-15723/): Privilege escalation in 360 Total Security (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-15724](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-15724/): Privilege escalation in 360 Total Security (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2017-12653](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12653/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-15722 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-15722 is a high-severity vulnerability in 360 Total Security, published on 21 Jul 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-15722 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: 360 Total Security. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-15722/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-15722/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15722
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15722
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-15722

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-15722/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.