Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-22014

HighPublic PoC

Published: 15 April 2024

Published
15 April 2024
Modified
30 June 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0040 60.8th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-22014 is a high-severity UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following (CWE-61) vulnerability in 360Totalsecurity 360 Total Security. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 39.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue discovered in 360 Total Security Antivirus through 11.0.0.1061 for Windows allows attackers to gain escalated privileges via Symbolic Link Follow to Arbitrary File Delete.

CWE(s)
CWE-61

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
attack.mitre.org →
T1070.004 File Deletion Stealth
Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.
attack.mitre.org →
T1685 Disable or Modify Tools Defense Impairment
Adversaries may disable, degrade, or tamper with security tools or applications (e.
attack.mitre.org →
Why these techniques?

The vulnerability enables exploitation for privilege escalation (T1068) via symbolic link following by a privileged AV process, facilitating arbitrary elevated file deletion (T1070.004) which can impair security tools (T1562.001).

Affected Assets

360totalsecurity
360 total security
≤ 11.0.0.1061

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References