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CVE-2018-10722

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-05-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

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.

Affected products

• Cylanceprotect: before 1470 — fixed in 1470

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cylanceprotect 1470. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.atredis.com/blog/cylance-privilege-escalation-vulnerability
• https://www.atredis.com/blog/cylance-privilege-escalation-vulnerability

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