CVE-2024-42052

Published: Jul 28, 2024

Modified: Mar 20, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

Description

The MSI installer for Splashtop Streamer for Windows before 3.5.8.0 uses a temporary folder with weak permissions during installation. A local user can exploit this to escalate privileges to SYSTEM by placing a wevtutil.exe file in the folder.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Complexity

Low

Attack Vector

Local

Availability

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Privileges Required

Low

Scope

Unchanged

User Interaction

None

References

https://github.com/SpacePlant/Vulns/blob/main/Advisories/2024/1.md

https://support-splashtopbusiness.splashtop.com/hc/en-us/articles/15813655496603-Splashtop-Streamer-version-v3-5-8-0-for-Windows-released

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CVE-2024-42052

Description

Affected Products

CVSS v3.1 Details

References