CVE-2026-7483 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Local privilege escalation potentially allowed an attacker to write an arbitrary file with fully controlled content as a privileged user.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00125.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.eset.com/en/ca8974-eset-customer-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-eset-security-applications-for-macos-fixed

History

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Local privilege escalation potentially allowed an attacker to write an arbitrary file with fully controlled content as a privileged user.
Title		Local privilege escalation in ESET security applications for macOS
Weaknesses		CWE-269
References		https://support.eset.com/en/ca8974-eset-customer-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-eset-security-applications-for-macos-fixed
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ESET

Published: 2026-07-24T09:40:04.483Z

Updated: 2026-07-24T10:49:13.322Z

Reserved: 2026-04-30T06:28:55.139Z

Link: CVE-2026-7483

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-24T10:49:07.083Z

NVD

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