WithSecure Elements Endpoint Protection Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Description

WithSecure Elements Endpoint Protection Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of WithSecure Elements Endpoint Protection. User interaction on the part of an administrator is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the WithSecure plugin hosting service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to create a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-23035.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.40% · top 65% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.

Weakness

• CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-59 and its CVEs

Affected products

• WithSecure · Elements

  • affected 23.9

References (1)

• ZDI-24-491 (opens in a new tab)x_research-advisoryx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2024-4454](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2024-4454.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2024-4454)

Record last updated 1 Aug 2024, 20:40 UTC.