Yubico ykman-gui up to 1.2.5 on Windows privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Yubico ykman-gui up to 1.2.5 on Windows. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to Remote Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-31498. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Yubico ykman-gui up to 1.2.5 on Windows and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote privilege escalation 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. CVE summarizes:

ykman-gui (aka YubiKey Manager GUI) before 1.2.6 on Windows, when Edge is not used, allows privilege escalation because browser windows can open as Administrator.

The advisory is shared for download at yubico.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-31498 since 04/04/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 1.2.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ykman-gui 1.2.6

Timelineinfo

04/04/2024 🔍
04/05/2024 +1 days 🔍
04/05/2024 +0 days 🔍
08/28/2024 +144 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: yubico.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-31498 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-31498
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-259448

Entryinfo

Created: 04/05/2024 07:33
Updated: 08/28/2024 01:11
Changes: 04/05/2024 07:33 (52), 08/28/2024 01:11 (14)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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