VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-10722

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.53%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-05-04
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Primary references