Privilege escalation in N/a
CVE-2024-34454
Nintendo Wii U OS 5.5.5 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to forge SSL certificates as though they came from a Root CA, because there is a secondary verification mechanism that only checks whether a CA is known and ignores the CA details and signature (and because * is accepted as a Common Name).
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (8.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 8th percentile — 8.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Weakness classification (CWE)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-34454?
- CVE-2024-34454 is a high-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2024-05-26.
- How severe is CVE-2024-34454?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.