CVE-2024-7244
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 · uneditedPanda Security Dome VPN DLL Hijacking Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Panda Security Dome. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the VPN process. The process does not restrict DLL search to trusted paths, which can result in the loading of a malicious DLL. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-23428.
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 · high confidenceA DLL hijacking vulnerability exists in Panda Security Dome VPN where the VPN process does not restrict DLL search paths to trusted locations. This allows a local attacker who already has low-privileged code execution to place a malicious DLL in a search path location, causing the VPN process to load it and execute with SYSTEM privileges.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 22.02.01CVSS 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
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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 Panda Dome VPN is installedCheck for the presence of Panda Security Panda Dome VPN in the system - look for the application in Add/Remove Programs, Program Files, or check for the Panda Dome VPN serviceAffected if The application is not installed on the system
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Check installed Panda Dome versionOpen the application or check its About/Help section to find the exact version number. Compare against the affected version 22.02.01Affected if The installed version is exactly 22.02.01 (exact match per the affected range)
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Verify VPN service runs with elevated privilegesOpen Services, locate the Panda Dome VPN service, check the Log On As account - if it runs as SYSTEM or another privileged account, the DLL could be loaded with those elevated privilegesAffected if The VPN service runs as SYSTEM or a privileged account (not a low-privilege service account)
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Check write permissions in application directoryExamine file system permissions on the Panda Dome installation directory. Use icacls or file explorer security tab to check which users can create or write files in that directory and subdirectoriesAffected if Low-privilege users or the current user has write access to directories in the application's search path
If Panda Dome VPN version 22.02.01 is installed and runs with SYSTEM/elevated privileges while allowing low-privilege users to write to directories in its DLL search path, the environment is vulnerable to DLL hijacking.
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 the vendor-supplied patch for Panda Security Dome VPN when available. As a compensating control, ensure low-privilege users cannot write to directories in the VPN application's DLL search path, and consider implementing DLL search order hardening via group policy.
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