Security Advisory

CVE-2021-34998

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2022-01-13 21:44:52
Last updated 2024-08-04 00:26:55
Assigner zdi
State PUBLISHED

Description

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Panda Security Free Antivirus 20.2.0.0. 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 use of named pipes. The issue results from allowing an untrusted process to impersonate the client of a pipe. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-14208.