CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedSublime Text for Windows versions up to Build 4192 (Sublime Text 4) and Build 3207 (Sublime Text 3) are vulnerable to a local privilege escalation flaw that allows unprivileged attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. By exploiting the update staging mechanism, attackers can place a malicious DLL in a user-writable directory and manipulate its permissions to ensure execution in the context of higher-privileged users. Organizations using these versions of Sublime Text should prioritize patching to mitigate the risk of unauthorized code execution.
Public Exploit Signal
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Original NVD Description
Sublime Text for Windows through Build 4192 (Sublime Text 4) and Build 3207 (Sublime Text 3) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged local attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by abusing the update staging mechanism. Attackers can place a malicious DLL in the user-writable staging directory under %LOCALAPPDATA%, mark it read-only to bypass cleanup, and have the elevated installer copy it into the protected installation directory, causing the DLL to execute in the context of any higher-privileged user who subsequently launches the application.