CVE-2024-13944 (GCVE-0-2024-13944)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-05-09 15:18
Modified
2025-05-09 19:09
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Summary
Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in NortonUtilitiesSvc in Norton Utilities Ultimate Version 24.2.16862.6344 on Windows 10 Pro x64 allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via the creation of a symbolic link and leveraging a TOCTTOU (time-of-check to time-of-use) attack.
References
security@nortonlifelock.comhttps://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories/
Impacted products
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