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Ultr@VNC Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA10663
Release Date: 2004-01-20
Popularity: 8,005 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:UltraVNC (formerly Ultr@VNC) 1.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
KF has discovered a vulnerability in Ultr@VNC, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges on a vulnerable system.

The problem is that Ultr@VNC invokes Internet Explorer with SYSTEM privileges when a user clicks the tray icon and selects "Online Help" or "Home Page". This can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands on a system with escalated privileges.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.0.0 RC11. Prior versions may also be affected.

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