CVE-2016-9486

CVE-2016-9486 affects ForeScout CounterACT's Windows SecureConnector agent. The agent downloads and runs scripts/executables from the current user’s TEMP directory while executing a SYSTEM-level batch file, creating insecure permissions and enabling privilege escalation for a local unprivileged u...

ForeScout CounterACT SecureConnector agent is vulnerable to privilege escalation

Overview On Windows endpoints, the SecureConnector agent is vulnerable to privilege escalation whereby an authenticated unprivileged user can obtain administrator privileges on the endpoint by causing the SecureConnector agent to execute arbitrary code. Description On Windows endpoints, the...