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High · 7.0 Public exploit CVE-2019-16784 EUVD-2020-0155GHSA-7fcj-pq9j-wh2rPYSEC-2020-175

Local Privilege Escalation present only on the Windows version of PyInstaller

Published Jan 14, 2020 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

In PyInstaller before version 3.6, only on Windows, a local privilege escalation vulnerability is present in this particular case: If a software using PyInstaller in "onefile" mode is launched by a privileged user (at least more than the current one) which have his "TempPath" resolving to a world writable directory. This is the case for example if the software is launched as a service or as a scheduled task using a system account (TempPath will be C:\Windows\Temp). In order to be exploitable the software has to be (re)started after the attacker launch the exploit program, so for a service launched at startup, a service restart is needed (e.g. after a crash or an upgrade).

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
PyInstaller PyInstaller < 3.6 —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 2 repositories

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI pyinstaller < 3.6 3.6 GHSA-7fcj-pq9j-wh2r

References