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Intego Antivirus through 3.0.0.1 Local Privilege Escalation via Optimization Module Junction

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severity
high
date
Affecting
  • Intego Antivirus <= 3.0.0.1

CWE
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
CVSS
8.5
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
Lucas Laise of Quarkslab
Description
Intego Antivirus for Windows through 3.0.0.1 contains a link following vulnerability in its optimization module that allows local unprivileged users to delete arbitrary folders as SYSTEM. Attackers can replace a scanned duplicate file's directory with a junction to C:\Config.msi and abuse Windows Installer rollback to execute code as SYSTEM.

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