CVE-2024-2003
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedLocal privilege escalation vulnerability allowed an attacker to misuse ESET's file operations during a restore operation from quarantine.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceLocal privilege escalation vulnerability in ESET security products allows an attacker to misuse file operations during a quarantine restore operation, potentially gaining elevated system privileges.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify ESET security product is installedCheck for ESET installation directories (commonly C:\Program Files\ESET or C:\Program Files (x86)\ESET) or use system information tools to list installed security softwareAffected if ESET security products are present on the system
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Determine installed ESET product versionOpen ESET interface and navigate to Help > About, or check the version in the product's installed files/properties, then compare against any vendor-advisory version ranges when availableAffected if The installed version falls within an affected version range (contact ESET or check their security advisory for specific version numbers)
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Check user access to quarantine operationsReview local user account permissions and ESET product access controls to determine if non-administrative users can perform quarantine restore operationsAffected if Standard/local users without admin privileges have the ability to restore files from quarantine
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Audit recent quarantine restore activityReview ESET product logs (typically found in ProgramData\ESET\Logs or within the product's log viewer) for any quarantine restore operations, especially those initiated by standard usersAffected if Restore operations from quarantine were performed, particularly by non-administrative accounts or showing unusual file restoration patterns
A user is affected if ESET security products are installed, the installed version is within an affected range, and non-administrative users can access or have performed quarantine restore operations that could be exploited for privilege escalation.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply vendor-supplied patches from ESET to address this vulnerability; restrict local user access to quarantine operations and monitor for suspicious restore activities.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-2003 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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