CVE-2024-42053

Published: Jul 28, 2024Modified: Jun 17, 2026

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: MITRE (Secondary)

Description

The MSI installer for Splashtop Streamer for Windows before 3.6.0.0 uses a temporary folder with weak permissions during installation. A local user can exploit this to escalate privileges to SYSTEM by placing a version.dll file in the folder.

Affected (1)

Products: Splashtop: Streamer

Splashtop

1 product

Streamer

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Splashtop Streamer	Before 3.6.0.0

Related CWEs

CWE-276

Incorrect Default Permissions

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.

References (4)

https://github.com/SpacePlant/Vulns/blob/main/Advisories/2024/2.md

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://support-splashtopbusiness.splashtop.com/hc/en-us/articles/18223802896539-Splashtop-Streamer-version-v3-6-0-0-for-Windows-released

Source: cve@mitre.org

Release Notes

https://github.com/SpacePlant/Vulns/blob/main/Advisories/2024/2.md

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://support-splashtopbusiness.splashtop.com/hc/en-us/articles/18223802896539-Splashtop-Streamer-version-v3-6-0-0-for-Windows-released

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Release Notes

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