CVE-2024-7400

Local privilege escalation in ESET products for Windows

HIGH

8.5

CVSS Score

Published: September 27, 2024 at 07:02 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:20 AM UTC

22 products affected across 2 vendorsNOD32 AntivirusSmart SecurityEndpoint Antivirus

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Severity

HIGH8.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

The vulnerability potentially allowed an attacker to misuse ESET’s file operations during the removal of a detected file on the Windows operating system to delete files without having proper permissions to do so.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Endpoint Antivirus · ESET

95%

All versions

Endpoint Security · ESET

95%

All versions

File Security · ESET

95%

All versions

Internet Security · ESET

95%

All versions

NOD32 Antivirus · ESET

95%

All versions

Security · ESET

95%

All versions

Server Security · ESET

95%

All versions

Smart Security · ESET

95%

All versions

Mail Security · ESET

60%

v ≤ 1250

Endpoint Antivirus · ESET Spol S R O

60%

v ≤ 1250

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

Source: [email protected]

https://support.eset.com/en/ca8726-local-privilege-escalation-fixed-for-vulnerability-during-detected-file-removal-in-eset-products-for-windows

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.5HIGHESET

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED

CWE

CWE-1386

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