PT-2025-20561 · Norton · Norton Utilities Ultimate

Vladislav Berghici · Published 2025-05-09 · Updated 2025-10-13 · CVE-2024-13944

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Norton Utilities Ultimate version 24.2.16862.6344

Description The issue allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM via the creation of a symbolic link and leveraging a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTTOU) attack. This is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the NortonUtilitiesSvc service.

Recommendations For Norton Utilities Ultimate version 24.2.16862.6344, consider disabling the NortonUtilitiesSvc service as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the service to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

LPE

Link Following

Time Of Check To Time Of Use

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

CWE-367

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-13944

ZDI-25-693

ZDI-25-695

Affected Products

Norton Utilities Ultimate

References · 9

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-693 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13944 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-695 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/121592 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1920869019382673739 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/138442 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1920938239126364266 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/24971 · Telegram Post
• https://gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories · Note