CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedThe vulnerability in Glarysoft Glary Utilities allows local attackers with low-privileged access to escalate their privileges to SYSTEM level by exploiting the Disk Clean functionality. By creating a junction, an attacker can manipulate the service to delete arbitrary files and execute malicious code. Organizations using Glary Utilities should prioritize patching this vulnerability to mitigate the risk of local privilege escalation attacks.
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Original NVD Description
Glarysoft Glary Utilities Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Glarysoft Glary Utilities. 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 Disk Clean functionality. By creating a junction, an attacker can abuse the service 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-27004.