CVE-2018-10722 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Cylance CylancePROTECT versions prior to 1470. An unprivileged local user can gain SYSTEM privileges due to improper access controls on the log folder and the CyUpdate process. This allows for a symlink attack to load an arbitrary DLL. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It requires local access and low privileges, but no user interaction is needed for exploitation. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1470CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cylance:cylanceprotect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.