VIPRE Antivirus Plus 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 Anti Malware Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to create arbitrary files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-18899.
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Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:30:00 +0000
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CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:vipre:antivirus:*:*:*:*:plus:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: zdi
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-02T15:10:23.667Z
Reserved: 2023-05-03T20:10:47.066Z
Link: CVE-2023-32175

Updated: 2024-07-05T18:08:03.816Z

Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-05-03T02:15:23.273
Modified: 2025-08-08T14:22:36.577
Link: CVE-2023-32175

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