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CVE-2024-8785

Dec. 2, 2024, 3:15 p.m.

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security@progress.com
CWE-648
2024-12-02
CVE-2024-8785

CVSS Score

9.8 / 10

Product(s) Impacted

WhatsUp Gold

  • before 2024.0.1

Description

In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2024.0.1, a remote unauthenticated attacker could leverage NmAPI.exe to create or change an existing registry value in registry path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Ipswitch\.

Weaknesses

CWE-648
Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs

The product does not conform to the API requirements for a function call that requires extra privileges. This could allow attackers to gain privileges by causing the function to be called incorrectly.

CWE ID: 648

Date

Published: Dec. 2, 2024, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified: Dec. 2, 2024, 3:15 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@progress.com

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score
9.8
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
Base Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS Vector String

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View Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

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