High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Jan 30, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-14418

Description

A TOCTOU vulnerability exists in madCodeHook before 2020-07-16 that allows local attackers to elevate their privileges to SYSTEM. This occurs because path redirection can occur via vectors involving directory junctions.

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Affected products

madCodeHook/madCodeHookdescription

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

labs.nettitude.com/blog/cve-2020-14418-madcodehook-library-local-privilege-escalation/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory

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