CVE-2013-10046 HIGH

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

Vendor Agnitum Ltd.
Product Outpost Internet Security
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published August 1, 2025
Last update April 7, 2026

CVSS base score

8.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS 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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 1, 2025 CVE published
April 7, 2026 Record updated