CVE-2024-40872

Elevation of privilege in Absolute Secure Access clients and servers

Published Jul 25, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 8.4 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
There is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in server
and client components of Absolute Secure Access prior to version 13.07.
Attackers with local access and valid desktop user credentials can elevate
their privilege to system level by passing invalid address data to the vulnerable
component. This could be used to
manipulate process tokens to elevate the privilege of a normal process to
System. The scope is changed, the impact to system confidentiality and
integrity is high, the impact to the availability of the effected component is
none.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-38701 There is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in server and client components of Absolute Secure Access prior to version 13.07. Attackers with local access and valid desktop user credentials can elevate their privilege to system level by passing invalid address data to the vulnerable component. This could be used to manipulate process tokens to elevate the privilege of a normal process to System. The scope is changed, the impact to system confidentiality and integrity is high, the impact to the availability of the effected component is none.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Absolute
Published
Updated
Aug 2, 2024, 4:39 AM
Reserved
Jul 10, 2024, 8:40 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jul 25, 2024, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:46 AM