# CVE-2024-41139: Privilege escalation in SKYSEA Client View

> A local attacker can execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by placing a malicious DLL in a specific folder on the client machine.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 12 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j4gx-xfw8-qq8h

## What is CVE-2024-41139?

CVE-2024-41139 is a high-severity vulnerability in SKYSEA Client View, published on 29 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability exists in SKYSEA Client View Ver.6.010.06 to Ver.19.210.04e. If a user who can log in to the PC where the product's Windows client is installed places a specially crafted DLL file in a specific folder, arbitrary code may be executed with SYSTEM privilege.

Weakness: CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41139?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Skygroup Skysea Client View.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-41139?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-41139 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-41139 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41139 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-2024-41143](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)
- [CVE-2020-5617](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5617/): Privilege escalation in SKYSEA Client View (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-41139 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-41139 is a high-severity vulnerability in SKYSEA Client View, published on 29 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41139 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-2024-41139/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41139/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41139
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41139
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-41139

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41139/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.