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CVE-2024-4944 (GCVE-0-2024-4944)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-09 02:23 – Updated: 2026-08-07 22:14

Title

Mobile VPN with SSL Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Summary

A local privilege escalation vlnerability in the WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL client on Windows enables a local user to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileged.

Severity

8.6 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-07-09 15:16 UTC

CWE

CWE-77

Assigner

WatchGuard mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2024-4944	vendor-advisory
https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wg…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
WatchGuard	Mobile VPN with SSL Client	Affected: 12.0 , < 12.10.4 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:mobile_vpn_with_ssl_client::::::::
watchguard	mobile_vpn_with_ssl	Affected: 0 , < 12.10.4 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:mobile_vpn_with_ssl::::::::

Date Public

2024-07-09 02:23

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FKIE_CVE-2024-4944

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-07-09 03:15 - Updated: 2026-08-07 23:17

Severity

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

A local privilege escalation vlnerability in the WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL client on Windows enables a local user to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileged.

References

URL	Tags
5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3	https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2024-4944
5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3	https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2024-00010	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2024-00010	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	watchguard	mobile_vpn_with_ssl	*
	microsoft	windows	-

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GHSA-CFXC-CH9M-PR95

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-09 03:31 – Updated: 2026-07-30 00:31

Details

A local privilege escalation vlnerability in the WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL client on Windows enables a local user to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileged.

Severity

7.8 (High)


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

8.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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    "severity": "HIGH"
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  "details": "A local privilege escalation vlnerability in the WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL client on Windows enables a local user to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileged.",
  "id": "GHSA-cfxc-ch9m-pr95",
  "modified": "2026-07-30T00:31:17Z",
  "published": "2024-07-09T03:31:44Z",
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    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
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    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
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}

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