VIPRE Antivirus Plus TelFileTransfer Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of VIPRE Antivirus Plus. 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 TelFileTransfer method. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the method to delete arbitrary files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. . Was ZDI-CAN-19396.
History

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Vipre antivirus
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:vipre:antivirus:*:*:*:*:plus:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Vipre antivirus

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:45:00 +0000

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Description VIPRE Antivirus Plus TelFileTransfer Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of VIPRE Antivirus Plus. 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 TelFileTransfer method. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the method to delete arbitrary files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-19396. VIPRE Antivirus Plus TelFileTransfer Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of VIPRE Antivirus Plus. 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 TelFileTransfer method. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the method to delete arbitrary files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. . Was ZDI-CAN-19396.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: zdi

Published: 2024-05-03T01:56:53.806Z

Updated: 2024-09-20T20:22:31.938Z

Reserved: 2023-05-03T20:10:47.066Z

Link: CVE-2023-32178

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T15:10:23.670Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-03T02:15:23.830

Modified: 2025-08-08T14:25:48.070

Link: CVE-2023-32178

cve-icon Redhat

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