CVE-2024-13944

Published: May 9, 2025

Modified: Oct 13, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

Description

Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in NortonUtilitiesSvc in Norton Utilities Ultimate Version 24.2.16862.6344 on Windows 10 Pro x64 allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via the creation of a symbolic link and leveraging a TOCTTOU (time-of-check to time-of-use) attack.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Norton	Norton Utilities Ultimate	affected `0 - <= 24.3.17165.6812`
Avast	CleanUp	affected `0 - <= 24.3.17165.19178`
AVG	TuneUp	affected `0 - <= 24.3.17165.10564`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-367

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories/

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CVE-2024-13944

Description

Affected Products

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

References