CVE-2023-3181

Insecure Permissions in Splashtop Software Updater

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Jan 25, 2024
Updated
Jun 3, 2025
Reserved
Jun 9, 2023

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Description

The C:\Program Files (x86)\Splashtop\Splashtop Software Updater\uninst.exe process creates a folder at C:\Windows\Temp~nsu.tmp and copies itself to it as Au_.exe. The C:\Windows\Temp~nsu.tmp\Au_.exe file is automatically launched as SYSTEM when the system reboots or when a standard user runs an MSI repair using Splashtop Streamer’s Windows Installer. Since the C:\Windows\Temp~nsu.tmp folder inherits permissions from C:\Windows\Temp and Au_.exe is susceptible to DLL hijacking, standard users can write a malicious DLL to it and elevate their privileges.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HGoogle

Weaknesses

  • CWE-379 Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Splashtop Software UpdaterSplashtop
  • before 1.5.6.21Affected

References

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