CVE-2020-24955 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in SUPERAntiSpyware Professional X Trial 10.0.1206. An unprivileged attacker can exploit this by using an NTFS directory junction to restore a malicious DLL from quarantine into the system32 folder, specifically demonstrated with a crafted ualapi.dll. This vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 7.8) due to its low attack complexity and the potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 10.0.1206CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:superantispyware:professional_x:*:*:*:*:trial:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/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.