CVE-2018-10722

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-10722
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-05-04T00:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-06-13T15:27:20
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:cylance:cylanceprotect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1470
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.atredis.com/blog/cylance-privilege-escalation-vulnerability Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10722
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10722
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:42:38 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 05:53:40 2018-05-04T00:29Z 2018-05-04T00:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 05:53:40 2018-06-13T15:27:20 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 05:53:40 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated