CVE-2024-2003
Local Privilege Escalation in Quarantine of ESET products for Windows
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 21st percentile. No fix published yet.
What to do
No fixed build or workaround is published yet. Limit exposure and watch for a patch.
What it is
From the CVE record
Local privilege escalation vulnerability allowed an attacker to misuse ESET's file operations during a restore operation from quarantine.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 21st percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
4 events over 153 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Record updated
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped
Affected products
- ESET NOD32 AntivirusSecurity Products / endpoint-av-edr
- ESET Internet SecuritySecurity Products / endpoint-av-edr
- ESET Smart Security PremiumSecurity Products / endpoint-av-edr
- ESET Security UltimateSecurity Products / endpoint-av-edr
- ESET Small Business SecuritySecurity Products / endpoint-av-edr
- ESET Safe ServerSecurity Products / endpoint-av-edr
- ESET Endpoint Antivirus for WindowsSecurity Products / endpoint-av-edr
- ESET Endpoint Security for WindowsSecurity Products / endpoint-av-edr
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Scored 7.3 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector LocalRequires local access to the vulnerable system (e.g. local login, malicious file)
- Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
- Privileges Required LowRequires basic user-level privileges
- User Interaction RequiredA user must click a link, open a file, or perform some action
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
- Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
- Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
- Privilege EscalationT1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationhigh confidence
Sources
References in the record
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