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CVE-2024-8785 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2024-8785

CVE-2024-8785

CRITICAL9.8

WhatsUp Gold Registry Overwrite Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published Dec 2, 2024

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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.

References

https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-September-2024

https://docs.progress.com/bundle/whatsupgold-release-notes-24-0/page/WhatsUp-Gold-2024.0-Release-Notes.html

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8785

https://www.progress.com/network-monitoring

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

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

Weakness Type (CWE)

Other

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedDec 2, 2024

ModifiedDec 2, 2024