{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-14208 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-14208 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-14208 is a high-severity vulnerability in Remote Utilities Host, published on 21 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-14208 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-14208 is a high-severity vulnerability in Remote Utilities Host, published on 21 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-14208 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Remote Utilities Host. 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-2026-14208/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14208/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-14208","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14208/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-14208","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-2v74-j8j5-fw75"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Remote Utilities Host","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can escalate privileges to SYSTEM by replacing DLLs in the installation directory during service restarts due to insecure file permissions.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"NCSC.ch","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7.3,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-732","name":"Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource"}],"description":"Remote Utilities Host \u003c=7.7.3.0 sets insecure ACLs on all DLL files in the installation directory (C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Remote Utilities - Host\\), granting FULL CONTROL (F) to the built-in Everyone group (BUILTIN\\Everyone, S-1-1-0). A Windows service running as NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM loads DLLs from this directory. The DLLs are file-locked at runtime, but a race window exists when the service is stopped (e.g. during a software update or following a crash), during which a local unprivileged attacker can replace a DLL with a malicious payload. Upon service restart, the payload executes as NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM. The DLL confirmed as actively loaded during testing is libasset32.dll. Additional DLLs in the same directory (eventmsg.dll, libcodec32.dll, vp8encoder.dll, vp8decoder.dll, webmvorbisdecoder.dll, webmvorbisencoder.dll, webmmux.dll) share identical insecure permissions.","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":"Local Privilege Escalation via Insecure DLL Permissions in Remote Utilities Host \u003c=7.7.3.0","id":"CVE-2026-14208","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Missing authorization in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack","id":"CVE-2026-14209"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"LifterLMS \u003c 10.0.10 - Instructor+ Stored XSS via Featured Pricing Information","id":"CVE-2026-14207"},"products":["Remote Utilities Host"],"published":"2026-08-21","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"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":"2026-08-21","vendors":["Remote Utilities Pte. Ltd."]},"summary":"Local attackers can escalate privileges to SYSTEM by replacing DLLs in the installation directory during service restarts due to insecure file permissions.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14208/"}