Description
Glarysoft Glary Utilities Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Glarysoft Glary Utilities. 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 the Disk Clean functionality. By creating a junction, an attacker can abuse the service to delete arbitrary files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-27004.
Problem types
CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Product status
6.24.0.28
References
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-26-402/ (ZDI-26-402)