CVE-2024-11857CWE-59

Realtek Bluetooth HCI Adaptor - Privilege Escalation

High · published June 2, 2025

CVSS v4.0
8.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
9.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Bluetooth HCI Adaptor from Realtek has a Link Following vulnerability. Local attackers with regular privileges can create a symbolic link with the same name as a specific file, causing the product to delete arbitrary files pointed to by the link. Subsequently, attackers can leverage arbitrary file deletion to privilege escalation.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.5 · HIGH
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
EPSS
0.00200 · 9.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Published
2025-06-02T03:24Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 JUN 03:24Z
    Realtek Bluetooth HCI Adaptor - Privilege Escalation
    cvelistv5