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2 vulnerabilities found for Norton Utilities Ultimate by Norton
CVE-2024-13944 (GCVE-0-2024-13944)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-09 15:18 – Updated: 2025-10-13 09:52
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Credits
Vladislav Berghici of Trend Micro Research
Zero Day Initiative
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CVE-2024-13944 (GCVE-0-2024-13944)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2025-05-09 15:18 – Updated: 2025-10-13 09:52
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Credits
Vladislav Berghici of Trend Micro Research
Zero Day Initiative
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