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CVE-2024-9478 (GCVE-0-2024-9478)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-20 13:31 – Updated: 2025-10-07 13:22
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Summary
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in upKeeper Solutions upKeeper Instant Privilege Access allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects upKeeper Instant Privilege Access: before 1.2.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-11-20 14:43 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
upKeeper Solutions upKeeper Instant Privilege Access Affected: 0 , < 1.2 (semver)
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upkeeper_solutions upkeeper_instant_privlege_access Affected: 0 , < 1.2 (semver)
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