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CVE-2020-24955

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-09-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

SUPERAntiSyware Professional X Trial 10.0.1206 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation because it allows unprivileged users to restore a malicious DLL from quarantine into the system32 folder via an NTFS directory junction, as demonstrated by a crafted ualapi.dll file that is detected as malware.

Affected products

• SUPERAntiSpyware Professional X: before 10.0.1206 — fixed in 10.0.1206

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: SUPERAntiSpyware Professional X 10.0.1206. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/b1nary0x1
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdcqbev-H5I
• https://github.com/b1nary0x1
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdcqbev-H5I

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