CVE-2024-7400 Local privilege escalation in ESET products for Windows
Attackers can escalate privileges by exploiting file deletion flaws in ESET Windows security products to remove protected files.
- 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-2024-7400?
CVE-2024-7400 is a high-severity vulnerability in ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Endpoint Antivirus, published on 27 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The vulnerability potentially allowed an attacker to misuse ESET’s file operations during the removal of a detected file on the Windows operating system to delete files without having proper permissions to do so.
Weakness: CWE-1386
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7400?
How do I fix CVE-2024-7400?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7400 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-7400 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7400 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3f69-f27h-f53w.