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ZDI-26-567: Norton Utilities Ultimate NortonUtilitiesSvc Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

ZDI discloses CVE-2024-13962, a CVSS 7.8 link-following local privilege escalation flaw in Norton Utilities Ultimate's NortonUtilitiesSvc service.

The Zero Day Initiative published ZDI-26-567, a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Norton Utilities Ultimate. An attacker must already be able to execute low-privileged code on the system before exploiting the symlink/link-following flaw in NortonUtilitiesSvc. The issue carries a CVSS score of 7.8 and is tracked as CVE-2024-13962.

ZDI Published Advisories · Aug 13, 2026AdvisoryCVE-2024-13962