HotkeyP up to 4.9 r96 Commands.cpp privilege privileges management

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in HotkeyP up to 4.9 r96. The affected element is the function privilege of the file Commands.cpp. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2019-18349. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in HotkeyP up to 4.9 r96 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function privilege of the file Commands.cpp. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

HotkeyP through 4.9 r96 allows privilege escalation in the privilege function in Commands.cpp.

The weakness was published 11/21/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-18349 since 10/23/2019. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• HotkeyP

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• 4.9 r96

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