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CVE-2020-24567: voidtools Everything before 1.4.1 Beta Nightly 2020-08-18 allows privilege escalation via a Trojan horse ur...

voidtools Everything before 1.4.1 Beta Nightly 2020-08-18 allows privilege escalation via a Trojan horse urlmon.dll file in the installation directory. NOTE: this is only relevant if low-privileged users can write to the installation directory, which may be considered a site-specific configuration error

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Plain-English summary

This issue affects voidtools Everything versions before 1.4.1 Beta Nightly 2020-08-18. It can let a low-privileged local user gain higher privileges if they can write files into the Everything installation directory. The CVE notes that this condition may reflect a site-specific misconfiguration.

Executive priority

Treat this as a targeted hygiene issue rather than an internet-scale emergency. Prioritize systems where Everything is installed outside protected paths or where desktop users have broad local write permissions.

Technical view

CVE-2020-24567 describes a local privilege escalation condition involving DLL placement in the Everything installation directory. The issue is relevant only where low-privileged users have write access to that directory. No CVSS score, CWE, or CPE data is supplied in the provided sources.

Likely exposure

Exposure is limited to systems running affected Everything builds where the installation directory is writable by non-administrative users. Standard protected installation paths may not be exposed if permissions prevent low-privileged writes.

Exploitation context

The provided bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cited evidence of active exploitation. The attack requires local low-privileged access and unsafe write permissions to the application installation directory.

Researcher notes

The CVE record is unusually conditional: the vulnerable state depends on local filesystem permissions, not only software version. Evidence is incomplete for scoring, affected CPEs, exploitation in the wild, and detailed vendor remediation beyond the named version boundary.

Mitigation direction

  • Upgrade Everything to 1.4.1 Beta Nightly 2020-08-18 or later, if supported by vendor guidance.
  • Remove low-privileged user write access from the Everything installation directory.
  • Reinstall Everything under an administrator-protected application path if permissions are unsafe.
  • Check vendor guidance before applying compensating controls beyond directory permission hardening.

Validation and detection

  • Inventory installed Everything versions and flag builds before 1.4.1 Beta Nightly 2020-08-18.
  • Review installation directory permissions for write access by non-administrative users.
  • Confirm standard users cannot create or modify files in the Everything installation directory.
  • Look for unexpected DLL files in the Everything installation directory during endpoint review.
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Confidence
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