Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 28, 2024· Updated Mar 20, 2025

CVE-2024-42052

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.

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Affected products

Splashtop/Splashtop Streamer for Windowsdescription
Splashtop/Splashtopllm-fuzzy
Range: <3.5.8.0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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

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