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Description

NoMachine Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of NoMachine. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within nxnode.exe. The process loads a library from an unsecured location. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. . Was ZDI-CAN-24039.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2024-07-29 | Published 2024-11-22 | Updated 2024-11-26 | Assigner zdi




HIGH: 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Product status

Default status
unknown

8.11.3
affected

References

www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1042/ (ZDI-24-1042)

kb.nomachine.com/TR07V11184 (vendor-provided URL) vendor-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2024-7253)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2024-7253)

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