CVE Catalog

CVE-2018-25359

HighCVSS 8.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

Splinterware System Scheduler Pro 5.12 has an insecure file permissions vulnerability that allows low-privilege users to escalate privileges by modifying service executable files. Attackers can rename WService.exe and replace it with a malicious executable that runs with LocalSystem privileges.

Risk Assessment

A local unprivileged attacker can gain full system control by running malicious code with system privileges.

Recommendation

Update System Scheduler Pro to version 5.13 or later, which includes the file permissions fix.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Splinterware System Scheduler Pro 5.12 contains an insecure file permissions vulnerability that allows low-privilege users to escalate privileges by modifying service executable files. Attackers can rename the WService.exe file in the installation directory and replace it with a malicious executable that executes with LocalSystem privileges when the service is triggered.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS