CVE-2018-10959

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-10959
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-04-17 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-12-28 21:15:00 UTC
DescriptionAvecto Defendpoint 4 prior to 4.4 SR6 and 5 prior to 5.1 SR1 has an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability, exploitable by modifying environment variables to trigger automatic elevation of an attacker's process launch.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-426

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Beyondtrust Avecto Defendpoint All All All All
Application Beyondtrust Avecto Defendpoint All All All All

References

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www.beyondtrust.com/docs/release-notes/privilege-management/windows-and-mac/windo... MISC www.beyondtrust.com
www.beyondtrust.com/docs/release-notes/privilege-management/windows-and-mac/windo... MISC www.beyondtrust.com
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