CVE-2024-8785 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2024-8785

WhatsUp Gold Registry Overwrite Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2024.0.1, a remote unauthenticated attacker could leverage NmAPI.exe to create or change an existing registry value in registry path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Ipswitch\.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Tenable

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Affected Vendor

Progress Software Corporation

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Affected Software

WhatsUp Gold
Vulnerable Versions:
2023.1.0

Timeline

Official Publish: December 2nd, 2024
Last Modified: December 2nd, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-648

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.