VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-42052

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.21%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-07-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The MSI installer for Splashtop Streamer for Windows before 3.5.8.0 uses a temporary folder with weak permissions during installation. A local user can exploit this to escalate privileges to SYSTEM by placing a wevtutil.exe file in the folder.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-378: Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions

Primary references