CVE-2020-14418: madCodeHook Library TOCTOU Local Privilege Escalation

CVE: CVE-2020-14418
Reported by: Kyriakos Economou (@kyREcon)
Vendors: Cisco, Morphisec, others thers using the affected library
Products:  Unified Threat Prevention Platform v4.x earlier than v4.1.2, v3.5.9, v3.0.9 | Cisco AMP v6.3.x and earlier, other security software using the affected library
Reported by: Kyriakos Economou (@kyREcon)

Advisory
A TOCTOU vulnerability exists in madCodeHook before 2020-07-16 that allows local attackers to elevate their privileges to SYSTEM. This occurs because path redirection can occur via vectors involving directory junctions.

References
MITRE
Nettitude – Exploitation Write-up  (PDF)

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