CVE-2024-8785 CRITICAL

CVE-2024-8785: WhatsUp Gold Registry Overwrite Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor Progress Software Corporation
Product WhatsUp Gold
Weakness CWE-648
Published December 2, 2024
Last update December 2, 2024
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CVSS base score

9.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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\.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 2, 2024 CVE published
December 2, 2024 Record updated