CVE-2020-11446

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-11446
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-29 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-21 11:39:00 UTC
DescriptionESET Antivirus and Antispyware Module module 1553 through 1560 allows a user with limited access rights to create hard links in some ESET directories and then force the product to write through these links into files that would normally not be write-able by the user, thus achieving privilege escalation.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Eset Antivirus And Antispyware All All All All
Application Eset Endpoint Antivirus - All All All
Application Eset Endpoint Antivirus - All All All
Application Eset Endpoint Security - All All All
Application Eset Endpoint Security - All All All
Application Eset File Security - All All All
Application Eset File Security - All All All
Application Eset Internet Security - All All All
Application Eset Internet Security - All All All
Application Eset Mail Security - All All All
Application Eset Mail Security - All All All
Application Eset Mail Security - All All All
Application Eset Mail Security - All All All
Application Eset Mail Security - All All All
Application Eset Mail Security - All All All
Application Eset Mail Security - All All All
Application Eset Mail Security - All All All
Application Eset Nod32 Antivirus - All All All
Application Eset Nod32 Antivirus - All All All
Application Eset Nod32 Antivirus - All All All
Application Eset Nod32 Antivirus - All All All
Application Eset Smart Security - All All All
Application Eset Smart Security - All All All
Application Eset Smart Security - All All All
Application Eset Smart Security - All All All
Application Eset Smart Security - All All All
Application Eset Smart Security - All All All

References

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[CA7489] Local privilege escalation vulnerability fixed in ESET products for Windows CONFIRM support.eset.com Vendor Advisory
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