Privilege escalation in Astrotalks

CVE-2024-5525

Improper privilege management vulnerability in Astrotalks affecting version 10/03/2023. This vulnerability allows a local user to access the application as an administrator without any provided credentials, allowing the attacker to perform administrative actions.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (26.9th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 26.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-5525: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-5525?
CVE-2024-5525 is a high-severity vulnerability in Astrotalks, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.3/10. Published 2024-05-31.
How severe is CVE-2024-5525?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.3 out of 10.