Description
An uninitialised stack variable in the nxfuse component that is part of the Open Source DokanFS library shipped with NoMachine 6.0.66_2 and earlier allows a local low privileged user to gain elevation of privileges on Windows 7 (32 and 64bit), and denial of service for Windows 8 and 10.
Public exploits
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Exploit-DB 2
- NoMachine < 6.0.80 (x86) - 'nxfuse' Privilege Escalation EDB-44167 · local · Feb 22, 2018
- NoMachine < 6.0.80 (x64) - 'nxfuse' Privilege Escalation EDB-44168 · local · Feb 22, 2018
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