Claude Code: Insecure System-Wide Configuration Loading Enables Local Privilege Escalation on Windows

On Windows, Claude Code loaded system-wide default configuration from C:\ProgramData\ClaudeCode\managed-settings.json without validating directory ownership or access permissions. Because the ProgramData directory is writable by non-administrative users by default and the ClaudeCode subdirectory...

PT-2026-33510

On Windows, Claude Code loaded system-wide default configuration from C:ProgramDataClaudeCodemanaged-settings.json without validating directory ownership or access permissions. Because the ProgramData directory is writable by non-administrative users by default and the ClaudeCode subdirectory was...

CVE-2026-1995

CVE-2026-1995 affects IDrive Cloud Backup Client for Windows. The id_service.exe process runs with elevated privileges and reads UTF-16-LE contents from files under C:\ProgramData\IDrive, which are writable by a standard user. An attacker can overwrite/edit these files to point the process to an ...

CVE-2026-27749

Avira Internet Security contains a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in the System Speedup component. The Avira.SystemSpeedup.RealTimeOptimizer.exe process, which runs with SYSTEM privileges, deserializes data from a file located in C:\\ProgramData using .NET BinaryFormatter without...

EUVD-2026-9821

Avira Internet Security contains a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in the System Speedup component. The Avira.SystemSpeedup.RealTimeOptimizer.exe process, which runs with SYSTEM privileges, deserializes data from a file located in C:\ProgramData using .NET BinaryFormatter without...

CVE-2025-15561 Local Privilege Escalation in NesterSoft WorkTime

An attacker can exploit the update behavior of the WorkTime monitoring daemon to elevate privileges on the local system to NT Authority\SYSTEM. A malicious executable must be named WTWatch.exe and dropped in the C:\ProgramData\wta\ClientExe directory, which is writable by "Everyone". The...

CVE-2025-15561

An attacker can exploit the update behavior of the WorkTime monitoring daemon to elevate privileges on the local system to NT Authority\SYSTEM. A malicious executable must be named WTWatch.exe and dropped in the C:\ProgramData\wta\ClientExe directory, which is writable by "Everyone". The...

PT-2026-20800

An attacker can exploit the update behavior of the WorkTime monitoring daemon to elevate privileges on the local system to NT AuthoritySYSTEM. A malicious executable must be named WTWatch.exe and dropped in the C:ProgramDatawtaClientExe directory, which is writable by "Everyone". The executable...

CVE-2025-14740 Docker Desktop for Windows Incorrect Permission Assignment Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Docker Desktop for Windows contains multiple incorrect permission assignment vulnerabilities in the installer's handling of the C:\ProgramData\DockerDesktop directory. The installer creates this directory without proper ownership verification, creating two exploitation scenarios: Scenario 1...

Docker Desktop 安全漏洞

Docker Desktop is a desktop software from the American company Docker, designed for lightweight application deployment using container technology. This product provides a desktop environment that allows creating containers lightweight virtual machines on Linux/Windows/Mac OS systems, as well as...

CVE-2026-24413 Icinga has insecure permission of %ProgramData%\icinga2\var on Windows

Icinga 2 is an open source monitoring system. Starting in version 2.3.0 and prior to versions 2.13.14, 2.14.8, and 2.15.2, the Icinga 2 MSI did not set appropriate permissions for the %ProgramData%\icinga2\var folder on Windows. This resulted in the its contents - including the private key of the...

CVE-2026-24413

CVE-2026-24413 involves the Icinga 2 Windows ACL issue where the folder at C:\ProgramData\icinga2\var could be readable by all local users, potentially exposing the private key and synced configuration. Affected range: Icinga 2 versions starting with 2.3.0 up to 2.13.14, 2.14.8, and 2.15.2 (these...

PT-2026-5317

Icinga 2 is an open source monitoring system. Starting in version 2.3.0 and prior to versions 2.13.14, 2.14.8, and 2.15.2, the Icinga 2 MSI did not set appropriate permissions for the %ProgramData%icinga2var folder on Windows. This resulted in the its contents - including the private key of the...

CVE-2025-11772

A carefully crafted DLL, copied to C:\ProgramData\Synaptics folder, allows a local user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges during driver installation...

EUVD-2025-200095

A carefully crafted DLL, copied to C:\ProgramData\Synaptics folder, allows a local user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges during driver installation...

CVE-2025-61161

DLL hijacking vulnerability in Evope Collector 1.1.6.9.0 and related components load the wtsapi32.dll library from an uncontrolled search path C:\ProgramData\Evope. This allows local unprivileged attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges to SYSTEM by placing a crafted DLL in that...

CVE-2025-61161

CVE-2025-61161 is a DLL hijacking vulnerability in Evope Collector 1.1.6.9.0. The affected component Evope.Service.exe loads wtsapi32.dll from an uncontrolled search path located at C:\ProgramData\Evope, enabling local unprivileged attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate to SYSTEM by plac...

EUVD-2019-4621

Malware in sbrugna...

EUVD-2025-16024

Malicious code in bioql PyPI...

EUVD-2022-29049

Malicious code in bioql PyPI...