CVE-2020-14418

high

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.

References

https://labs.nettitude.com/blog/cve-2020-14418-madcodehook-library-local-privilege-escalation/

https://github.com/nettitude/metasploit-modules

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-01-30

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00064

Detections

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