{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7240 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7240 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7240 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7240 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: F-Secure Total. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7240/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7240/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-7240","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7240/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-7240","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-hfx9-j834-cmxw"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"F-Secure Total","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can escalate privileges to SYSTEM via symbolic link abuse in the plugin hosting service, requiring administrator interaction.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"zdi","cpe":[{"product":"total","vendor":"f-secure"}],"cvss":{"score":7.3,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-59","name":"Improper Link Resolution Before File Access"}],"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.\n\nThe 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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"F-Secure Total Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-7240","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2024"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Panda Security Dome Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-7241"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"VIPRE Advanced Security Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-7239"},"products":["Total"],"published":"2024-11-22","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-12-05","vendors":["F-Secure"]},"summary":"Local attackers can escalate privileges to SYSTEM via symbolic link abuse in the plugin hosting service, requiring administrator interaction.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7240/"}