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CVE-2024-42052 (GCVE-0-2024-42052)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-28 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-20 19:04
VLAI
Summary
The MSI installer for Splashtop Streamer for Windows before 3.5.8.0 uses a temporary folder with weak permissions during installation. A local user can exploit this to escalate privileges to SYSTEM by placing a wevtutil.exe file in the folder.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-29 17:24 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-378 - Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions
Assigner
References
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