CVE-2024-2003 Local Privilege Escalation in Quarantine of ESET products for Windows
Local attackers can escalate privileges by exploiting file operations during quarantine restore in ESET Windows security products.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-2003?
CVE-2024-2003 is a high-severity vulnerability in ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Windows, published on 21 Jun 2024. 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
Local privilege escalation vulnerability allowed an attacker to misuse ESET's file operations during a restore operation from quarantine.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2003?
How do I fix CVE-2024-2003?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2003 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-2003 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2003 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jxcm-cf67-2rxc.