CVE-2020-24567 Privilege escalation in n/a
Attackers can escalate privileges by placing a malicious DLL in the installation directory if write permissions are misconfigured.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-24567?
CVE-2020-24567 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Aug 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
voidtools Everything before 1.4.1 Beta Nightly 2020-08-18 allows privilege escalation via a Trojan horse urlmon.dll file in the installation directory. NOTE: this is only relevant if low-privileged users can write to the installation directory, which may be considered a site-specific configuration error
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-24567?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Voidtools Everything.
How do I fix CVE-2020-24567?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-24567 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-24567 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-24567 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j64g-fgwq-j479.