Description
The application-s installer runs with elevated privileges but resolves system executables and DLLs using untrusted search paths that can include user-writable directories, allowing a local attacker to place malicious binaries with the same names and have them loaded or executed instead of the legitimate system files, resulting in local privilege escalation.
CVSS 7.3EPSS 0.121%Risk 0.74
View source- Published
- 2026-04-01 02:16:03
- Affected versions
- unknown
- Type
- Core software
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Operating systems
- Windows