# CVE-2024-24964: Privilege escalation in SKYSEA Client View

> A local attacker can execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges on machines running the SKYSEA Client View Windows client.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 7 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v7f6-wfg6-2hv6

## What is CVE-2024-24964?

CVE-2024-24964 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SKYSEA Client View, published on 12 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper access control vulnerability exists in the resident process of SKYSEA Client View versions from Ver.11.220 prior to Ver.19.2. If this vulnerability is exploited, an arbitrary process may be executed with SYSTEM privilege by a user who can log in to the PC where the product's Windows client is installed.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-24964?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Skygroup Skysea Client View.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-24964?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-24964 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-24964 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-24964 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SKYSEA Client View

- [CVE-2016-7836](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7836/): SKYSEA Client View Improper Authentication (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-41139](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41139/): Privilege escalation in SKYSEA Client View (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-41143](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41143/): Privilege escalation in SKYSEA Client View (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-21805](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21805/): Missing authorization in SKYSEA Client View (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2021-20616](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20616/): Privilege escalation in SKYSEA Client View (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-24964 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-24964 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SKYSEA Client View, published on 12 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-24964 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SKYSEA Client View. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24964/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24964/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-24964
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24964
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-24964

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24964/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.