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CVE-2018-10722

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.55%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-05-04 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2018-10722
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.55%

Original NVD 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.