High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 4, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-10722
CVE-2018-10722
Description
In Cylance CylancePROTECT before 1470, an unprivileged local user can obtain SYSTEM privileges because users have Modify access to the %PROGRAMFILES%\Cylance\Desktop\log folder, the CyUpdate process grants users Modify access to new files created in this folder, and a new file can be a symlink chain to a pathname of an arbitrary DLL that CyUpdate uses.
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Affected products
1- Range: <1470
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- www.atredis.com/blog/cylance-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilitynvdExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
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