CVE-2024-7240 F-Secure Total Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Local attackers can escalate privileges to SYSTEM via symbolic link abuse in the plugin hosting service, requiring administrator interaction.
- 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-2024-7240?
CVE-2024-7240 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in F-Secure Total, published on 22 Nov 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
F-Secure Total Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of F-Secure Total. User interaction on the part of an administrator is required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the WithSecure plugin hosting service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to create a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-23005.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7240?
It affects 1 product.
Products include F-Secure Total.
How do I fix CVE-2024-7240?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7240 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-7240 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7240 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hfx9-j834-cmxw.