CVE-2021-25261 (GCVE-0-2021-25261)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-06-15 19:05
Modified
2024-08-03 19:56
Severity ?
CWE
  • Privilege escalation
Summary
Local privilege vulnerability in Yandex Browser for Windows prior to 22.5.0.862 allows a local, low privileged, attacker to execute arbitary code with the SYSTEM privileges through manipulating symlinks to installation file during Yandex Browser update process.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Yandex Browser (Desktop) Version: All versions prior to version 22.5.0.862
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