Description
A local vulnerability in the Winlogbeat Windows installer caused runtime files to be placed in a directory writable by unprivileged users. A low-privileged attacker with existing access to the system could pre-position malicious filesystem links, causing a subsequent elevated Winlogbeat operation to write to or delete arbitrary files. Successful exploitation could result in a denial of service.
Affected products
elastic: winlogbeat
References1
- discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-8-13-0-security-update-esa-2024… Vendor Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.1
HIGH
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 4 · as of 8 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-59
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