In Miele Benchmark Programming Tool with versions Prior to 1.2.71, executable files manipulated by attackers are unknowingly executed with users privileges. An attacker with low privileges may trick a user with administrative privileges to execute these binaries as admin.

In Miele Benchmark Programming Tool with versions Prior to 1.2.71, executable files manipulated by attackers are unknowingly executed by users with administrative privileges. An attacker could thereby obtain higher permissions. The attacker must already have access to the corresponding local system to be able to exchange the files.

The Miele Benchmark Programming Tool on a Microsoft Windows operating system, selects a folder by default upon installation that is writable for all users (C:\\MIELE_SERVICE). After the installation of the tool, users without administrative privileges are able to exchange or delete executable files in this path.