Vulnerability CVE-2024-42052


Published: 2024-07-28

Description:
The MSI installer for Splashtop Streamer for Windows before 3.5.8.0 uses a temporary folder with weak permissions during installation. A local user can exploit this to escalate privileges to SYSTEM by placing a wevtutil.exe file in the folder.

 References:
https://github.com/SpacePlant/Vulns/blob/main/Advisories/2024/1.md
https://support-splashtopbusiness.splashtop.com/hc/en-us/articles/15813655496603-Splashtop-Streamer-version-v3-5-8-0-for-Windows-released

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