CVE-2024-7400

Severity CVSS v4.0:

HIGH

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

27/09/2024

Last modified:

15/04/2026

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.

Impact

Vector 4.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): None
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): High
Integrity (VI): High
Availability (VA): High
Confidentiality (SC): None
Integrity (SI): None
Availability (SA): None

Base Score 4.0

8.50

Severity 4.0

HIGH

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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