CVE-2024-4017 Privilege Escalation in U-Series Appliance

High 8.8 Published Updated

An attacker can achieve privilege escalation on BeyondTrust U-Series Appliance via DLL side-loading in filesystem modules.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-4017?

CVE-2024-4017 is a high-severity vulnerability in BeyondTrust U-Series Appliance, published on 19 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in BeyondTrust U-Series Appliance on Windows, 64 bit (filesystem modules) allows DLL Side-Loading.This issue affects U-Series Appliance: from 3.4 before 4.0.3.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4017?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Beyondtrust U-Series Appliance.

How do I fix CVE-2024-4017?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4017 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-4017 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4017 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fqpg-gm54-x4qq.

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