Vulnerability · Published Jul 25, 2024 · Assigned by Absolute
CVE-2024-40872Elevation of privilege in Absolute Secure Access clients and servers
High 8.4
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Secure Access from Absolute Security. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
There is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in server and client components of Absolute Secure Access prior to version 13.07. Attackers with local access and valid desktop user credentials can elevate their privilege to system level by passing invalid address data to the vulnerable component. This could be used to manipulate process tokens to elevate the privilege of a normal process to System. The scope is changed, the impact to system confidentiality and integrity is high, the impact to the availability of the effected component is none.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Absolute Security | Secure Access | 0 – before 13.07 |
Weakness: CWE-822 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N