CVE-2026-14208
Local Privilege Escalation via Insecure DLL Permissions in Remote Utilities Host <=7.7.3.0
02 Description
Local Privilege Escalation via Insecure DLL Permissions in Remote Utilities Host <=7.7.3.0
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 1.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.3 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-08-21 10:51Z2 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-21 11:54Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-06-30
- Assigning CNA
- NCSC.ch
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 52370d2f488514bf309c5ab23db592a3ef0ed255e28689f69ab250d5fe6f3100
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.remoteutilities.comRemote Utilities Pte. Ltd. – vendor websitehttps://www.remoteutilities.com/product/release-notes.php#windows
07 Remediation
* Remove Everyone:(F) ACL from all DLL files under the installation directory. Restrict to: SYSTEM (Full Control), Administrators (Full Control), Users/Authenticated Users (Read & Execute). Enforce recursively in installer, update routine, and repair mechanism. * Implement cryptographic signature verification of all loaded DLLs at service startup. * Use atomic DLL replacement during updates (write to temp path, verify signature, rename).