CVE-2024-4017 (GCVE-0-2024-4017)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-19 20:40 – Updated: 2024-08-01 20:26
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Privilege Escalation in U-Series Appliance
Summary
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in BeyondTrust U-Series Appliance on Windows, 64 bit (filesystem modules) allows DLL Side-Loading.This issue affects U-Series Appliance: from 3.4 before 4.0.3.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-04-23 18:49 UTC
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BeyondTrust | U-Series Appliance |
Affected:
3.4 , < 4.0.3
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| beyondtrust | u-series_appliance |
Affected:
3.4 , < 4.0.3
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:u-series_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Date Public
2024-04-19 20:38
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