Vigil@nce - curl for Windows: privilege escalation via OpenSSL Engine Loading
August 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: curl.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 24/06/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via OpenSSL Engine Loading of
curl for Windows, in order to escalate his privileges.
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