Advisory Details

February 10th, 2015

Motorola Scanner SDK CoreScanner.exe Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2015-1496
CVSS SCORE	7.2, AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	Motorola
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Scanner SDK
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on vulnerable installations of Motorola Scanner SDK. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the file permissions (ACLs) on an installed directory. CoreScanner.exe is vulnerable to tampering by all users. A local attacker can leverage this vulnerability to raise privileges and execute code under the context of SYSTEM.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Motorola has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://portal.motorolasolutions.com/Support/US-EN/Resolution?solutionId=87666&redirectForm=search&searchQuery=%3FsearchType%3Dsimple%26searchTerm%3Dscanner%20sdk
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2014-09-05 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2015-02-10 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	kernelsmith - Zero Day Initiative

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