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.
History

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Vipre antivirus
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:vipre:antivirus:*:*:*:*:plus:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Vipre antivirus

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: zdi

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-02T15:10:23.667Z

Reserved: 2023-05-03T20:10:47.066Z

Link: CVE-2023-32175

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-03T02:15:23.273

Modified: 2025-08-08T14:22:36.577

Link: CVE-2023-32175

cve-icon Redhat

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