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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2022-24750 Detail

Description

UltraVNC is a free and open source remote pc access software. A vulnerability has been found in versions prior to 1.3.8.0 in which the DSM plugin module, which allows a local authenticated user to achieve local privilege escalation (LPE) on a vulnerable system. The vulnerability has been fixed to allow loading of plugins from the installed directory. Affected users should upgrade their UltraVNC to 1.3.8.1. Users unable to upgrade should not install and run UltraVNC server as a service. It is advisable to create a scheduled task on a low privilege account to launch WinVNC.exe instead. There are no known workarounds if winvnc needs to be started as a service.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/bowtiejicode/UltraVNC-DSMPlugin-LPE Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/bowtiejicode/UltraVNC-DSMPlugin-LPE Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/ultravnc/UltraVNC/commit/36a31b37b98f70c1db0428f5ad83170d604fb352 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/ultravnc/UltraVNC/commit/36a31b37b98f70c1db0428f5ad83170d604fb352 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/ultravnc/UltraVNC/security/advisories/GHSA-3mvp-cp5x-vj5g Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/ultravnc/UltraVNC/security/advisories/GHSA-3mvp-cp5x-vj5g Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management GitHub, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-24750
NVD Published Date:
03/10/2022
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
GitHub, Inc.