CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedA privilege escalation vulnerability in Kiteworks allows an attacker with code execution as an unprivileged backend service account to escalate their privileges to root. This occurs due to improper handling of filesystem paths, enabling the execution of arbitrary commands with elevated privileges. Organizations using Kiteworks should prioritize addressing this vulnerability to mitigate the risk of unauthorized access and control over their systems.
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Original NVD Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Kiteworks could allow an attacker who has already obtained code execution as an unprivileged backend service account on the appliance to escalate to root. A privileged routine did not safely handle a filesystem path that the lower-privileged account could influence, allowing the attacker to cause a root-owned operation to run arbitrary commands with the highest privileges. Exploitation requires existing local access to that service account.
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