GHSA-gfg7-69hm-p6fmHighCVSS 7.8
Acunetix 25.11.251107123 for Windows contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
Acunetix 25.11.251107123 for Windows contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Web Vulnerability Scanning Engine (wvsc.exe) that allows low-privileged local attackers to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM by exploiting a missing hardcoded directory path for OpenSSL-related files. Attackers can create the missing directory, place a malicious file at the expected path, and cause the SYSTEM-level wvsc.exe process to load and execute it, resulting in full privilege escalation.
🔗 References (7)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6958
- https://olografix.org/acme/_poc/CVE-2026-6958.pdf
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2026/Sep/0
- https://www.acunetix.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/acunetix-local-privilege-escalation-via-wvsc-exe
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2026/Sep/0
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gfg7-69hm-p6fm