What is CVE-2024-42050?

CVE-2024-42050 is a high-severity vulnerability in Splashtop Streamer, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2024-07-28.

How severe is CVE-2024-42050?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-42050 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Privilege escalation in Splashtop Streamer

CVE-2024-42050

The MSI installer for Splashtop Streamer for Windows before 3.7.0.0 uses a temporary folder with weak permissions during installation. A local user can exploit this to escalate privileges to SYSTEM via an oplock on CredProvider_Inst.reg.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.001 (3.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Splashtop Streamer
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42050?: CVE-2024-42050 is a high-severity vulnerability in Splashtop Streamer, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2024-07-28.
How severe is CVE-2024-42050?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-42050 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.