CVE-2024-7240: F-Secure Total

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

F-Secure Total Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of F-Secure Total. User interaction on the part of an administrator is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the WithSecure plugin hosting service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to create a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-23005.

Affected products

• F-Secure Total: version 19.2 only

Published 2024-11-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.