A vulnerability was found in Encrypt4all Advanced Desktop Locker 6.0.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, and availability.

The weakness was shared 01/08/2017 by Squnity as not defined advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at encrypt4all.com. Attacking locally is a requirement. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

I Can Kill TASK TO Bypass This Application

A public exploit has been developed by Squnity and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as functional.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (40995).

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• Encrypt4all

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• Advanced Desktop Locker

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• 6.0.0

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