CVE-2024-4018 Privilege Escalation in U-Series Appliance
An attacker can escalate privileges on the BeyondTrust U-Series Appliance due to improper privilege management in local API 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-2024-4018?
CVE-2024-4018 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 (local appliance api modules) allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects U-Series Appliance: from 3.4 before 4.0.3.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4018?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Beyondtrust U-Series Appliance.
How do I fix CVE-2024-4018?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4018 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-4018 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4018 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in BeyondTrust U-Series Appliance
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6f33-684h-cwh7.