CVE-2024-0353 Local privilege escalation in Windows products

High 7.8 Published Updated

Local attackers can escalate privileges by abusing ESET file operations to delete files without proper permissions.

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-2024-0353?

CVE-2024-0353 is a high-severity vulnerability in ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Windows, published on 15 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Local privilege escalation vulnerability potentially allowed an attacker to misuse ESET’s file operations to delete files without having proper permission.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0353?

It affects 9 products.

Products include Eset Endpoint Antivirus, Eset Endpoint Security, Eset File Security, Eset Internet Security, Eset Mail Security, Eset Nod32 Antivirus and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2024-0353?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0353 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-0353 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0353 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8m6h-q36w-xvg7.

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