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CVE-2020-11446

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-04-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

ESET Antivirus and Antispyware Module module 1553 through 1560 allows a user with limited access rights to create hard links in some ESET directories and then force the product to write through these links into files that would normally not be write-able by the user, thus achieving privilege escalation.

Affected products

• ESET Antivirus And Antispyware: from 1553 through 1560
• ESET Endpoint Antivirus: all versions
• ESET Endpoint Security: all versions
• ESET File Security: all versions
• ESET Internet Security: all versions
• ESET Mail Security: all versions
• ESET Nod32 Antivirus: all versions
• ESET Smart Security: all versions

References

• https://support.eset.com/en/ca7489-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-fixed-in-eset-products-for-windows
• https://support.eset.com/en/ca7489-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-fixed-in-eset-products-for-windows

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