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Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

CVE-2018-19113

High
7.3/10

Summary

The Pronestor PNHM (aka Health Monitoring or HealthMonitor) add-in before 8.1.13.0 for Outlook has "BUILTIN\Users:(I)(F)" permissions for the "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\proNestor\Outlook add-in for Pronestor\PronestorHealthMonitor.exe" file, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse PronestorHealthMonitor.exe file.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published