High [CVE-2024-4944] Mobile VPN with SSL Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
This high-severity WatchGuard advisory covers CVE-2024-4944 affecting Mobile VPN with SSL Client.
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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.
- Mobile VPN with SSL Client 12.0 before 12.10.4
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
- 12.10.4
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 12.10.4. That is the remediation for this advisory.
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Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
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