CVE-2024-3459
KioWare for Windows (versions all through 8.34) allows to escape the environment by downloading PDF files, which then by default are opened in an external PDF viewer. By using built-in functions of that viewer it is possible to launch a web browser, search through local files and, subsequently, launch any program with user privileges.
Scoring
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS base score
- 8.4
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS probability
- 0.27%
- CWE
- CWE-424
- Published
- 2024-05-09
- Last modified
- 2026-03-13
Affected products
- Kioware Kioware
Weakness type
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