CVE-2024-8785 (GCVE-0-2024-8785)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-02 14:49 – Updated: 2024-12-02 15:30
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Summary
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\.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-648 - Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Progress Software Corporation WhatsUp Gold Affected: 2023.1.0 , < 2024.0.1 (semver)
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Credits
Tenable
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