This vulnerability allows local malicious users to escalate privileges on affected installations of Microsoft Windows. 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 Windows Installer service. By creating a junction, an attacker can abuse the service to delete a file or directory. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM.
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microsoft windows server 2012 r2 |
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microsoft windows 10 1607 |
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microsoft windows rt 8.1 - |
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microsoft windows 10 - |
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microsoft windows server 2019 - |
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microsoft windows 10 1809 |
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microsoft windows 10 1909 |
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microsoft windows 10 2004 |
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microsoft windows server 2016 2004 |
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microsoft windows 10 20h2 |
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microsoft windows server 2016 20h2 |
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microsoft windows 10 21h1 |
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microsoft windows server 2022 - |
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microsoft windows 11 - |
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The day has a 'y' in it, so it must be time for another zero day to drop for a Microsoft product. In this case, a local privilege-elevation vulnerability to gain control of fully patched Windows 10, 11, and Server systems up to the 2022 build. Dubbed InstallerFileTakeOver by its author Abdelhamid Naceri, the proof-of-concept code was dropped onto the Microsoft-owned GitHub and, based on our testing, does indeed seem to work. We were able to fire up a shell running with SYSTEM privileges from a l...
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