A potential security vulnerability has been identified in HP Image Assistant for versions prior to 5.3.3. The vulnerability could potential…
A potential security vulnerability has been identified in HP Image Assistant for versions prior to 5.3.3. The vulnerability could potentially allow a local attacker to escalate privileges via a race condition when installing packages.
The product checks the status of a file or directory before accessing it, which produces a race condition in which the file can be replaced with a link before the access is performed, causing the product to access the wrong file.
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/363.html →Open in CWE collection →The adversary targets a race condition occurring when multiple processes access and manipulate the same resource concurrently, and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place. The adversary can leverage a race condition by "running the race", modifying the resource and modifying the normal execution flow. For instance, a race condition can occur while accessing a file: the adversary can trick the system by replacing the original file with their version and cause the system to read the malicious file.
https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/26.html →Open in CAPEC collection →