High · 7.8 CVE-2024-42052 EUVD-2024-39420GHSA-596r-xq28-523m

The MSI installer for Splashtop Streamer for Windows before 3.5.8.0 uses a temporary folder with weak permissions during installation. A lo…

Published Jul 28, 2024 · Updated Mar 20, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

Description

The MSI installer for Splashtop Streamer for Windows before 3.5.8.0 uses a temporary folder with weak permissions during installation. A local user can exploit this to escalate privileges to SYSTEM by placing a wevtutil.exe file in the folder.

References

https://github.com/SpacePlant/Vulns/blob/main/Advisories/2024/1.md
https://support-splashtopbusiness.splashtop.com/hc/en-us/articles/15813655496603-Splashtop-Streamer-version-v3-5-8-0-for-Windows-released