CVE-2018-10722

In Cylance CylancePROTECT before 1470, an unprivileged local user can obtain SYSTEM privileges because users have Modify access to the %PROGRAMFILES%CylanceDesktoplog folder, the CyUpdate process grants users Modify access to new files created in this folder, and a new file can be a symlink chain to a pathname of an arbitrary DLL that CyUpdate uses.

Date published : 2018-05-03

https://www.atredis.com/blog/cylance-privilege-escalation-vulnerability