CVE-2024-13944

Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in NortonUtilitiesSvc in Norton Utilities Ultimate (Also affects Avast CleanUp and AVG TuneUp)

CVSS 7.8 HIGHEPSS 0.1%CWE-367 CWE-59

Vexday Risk Score

21Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 7.8EPSS 0.1%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

09 May 2025Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in NortonUtilitiesSvc in Norton Utilities Ultimate Version 24.2.16862.6344 on Windows 10 Pro x64 allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via the creation of a symbolic link and leveraging a TOCTTOU (time-of-check to time-of-use) attack.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Avast · CleanUp AVG · TuneUp Norton · Norton Utilities Ultimate

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References

https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories/