CVE-2023-42126: G DATA Total Security GDBackupSvc Service Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate…

PriorityP343high7.8CVSS 3.0

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.40%

31.4th percentile

G DATA Total Security GDBackupSvc Service Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of G Data Total Security. 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 GDBackupSvc service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to create a file with a permissive DACL. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-20694.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
g_data	total_security	—	—
gdata-software	total_security	—	—

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