CVE-2024-4944 (GCVE-0-2024-4944)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-09 02:23 – Updated: 2026-07-29 22:15
VLAI
Title
Mobile VPN with SSL Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Summary
A local privilege escalation vlnerability in the WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL client on Windows enables a local user to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileged.
Severity
8.5 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL Client Affected: 12.0 , < 12.10.4 (custom)
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watchguard mobile_vpn_with_ssl Affected: 0 , < 12.10.4 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:mobile_vpn_with_ssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2024-07-09 02:23
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