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CVE-2018-10722
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-05-04T00:29:00.220 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:34:34.320

Summary

In Cylance CylancePROTECT before 1470, an unprivileged local user can obtain SYSTEM privileges because users have Modify access to the %PROGRAMFILES%\Cylance\Desktop\log folder, the CyUpdate process grants users Modify access to new files created in this folder, and a new file can be a symlink chain to a pathname of an arbitrary DLL that CyUpdate uses.

Affected products

cylance — cylanceprotect

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References

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