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CVE-2024-7240VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2024-7240: F-Secure Total · Link Following

Affects F-Secure TotalSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.3 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 3.0 base score
7.3High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 31% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 22 Nov 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
F-Secure TotalAffected
  • =19.2
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

1. Restrict local access strictly to trusted users and minimize the number of users with local login rights on systems running F-Secure Total 19.2. 2. Educate administrators and users about the risks of interacting with untrusted files or links, especially in administrative contexts. 3. Monitor and audit local file system changes and symbolic link creations to detect suspicious activity indicative of exploitation attempts. 4. Employ application whitelisting and endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions to detect and block unauthorized code execution. 5. Maintain up-to-date backups and system snapshots to enable recovery in case of compromise. 6. Stay alert for official patches or updates from F-Secure and apply them promptly once released. 7. Consider deploying additional endpoint protection layers that can detect privilege escalation behaviors. 8. Implement strict privilege separation and use least privilege principles to limit the impact of any local compromise.

Description

F-Secure Total Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of F-Secure Total. User interaction on the part of an administrator is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the WithSecure plugin hosting service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to create a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-23005.

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