CVE-2024-7400
Local privilege escalation in ESET products for Windows
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 11th percentile. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
The vulnerability potentially allowed an attacker to misuse ESET’s file operations during the removal of a detected file on the Windows operating system to delete files without having proper permissions to do so.
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
0.2% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 11th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
4 events over 3 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Publishedweakness classified
Affected products
- ESET NOD32 AntivirusSecurity Products
- ESET Internet SecuritySecurity Products
- ESET Smart Security PremiumSecurity Products
- ESET Endpoint AntivirusSecurity Products
- ESET Endpoint SecuritySecurity Products
- ESET Server Security for Microsoft Windows ServerSecurity Products
- ESET Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange ServerSecurity Products
- ESET Mail Security for IBM DominoSecurity 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 AntivirusSecurity Products / endpoint-av-edr
- ESET Endpoint Security for WindowsSecurity Products / endpoint-av-edr
And 10 more affected products. See all after sign-in
Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorAV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Scored 7.0 by bdu.
How it is reached
- Access Vector LocalRequires local access
- Access Complexity HighSpecialized conditions required
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality H
- Integrity H
- Availability H
Weaknesses
Sources
References in the record
- support.eset.com/en/ca8726-local-privilege-escalation-fixed-for-vulnerability-during-detected-file-removal-in-eset-products-for-windows
- support.eset.com/en/ca8726-local-privilege-escalation-fixed-for-vulnerability-during-detected-file-removal-in-eset-products-for-windows&
- securitylab.ru/news/552375.php&
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