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PoC exploit for critical WhatsUp Gold RCE vulnerability released (CVE-2024-8785)

Help Net Securityby @zeljkazorz ()1 min read2
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CVE-2024-8785
In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2024.0.1, a remote unauthenticated attacker could leverage NmAPI.exe to create or change an existing registry value in…
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Researchers have published a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for CVE-2024-8785, a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Progress WhatsUp Gold, a popular network monitoring solution for enterprises. CVE-2024-8785 stems from the incorrect use of a privileged application programming interface (API) that may allow attackers to overwrite the Windows Registry. The API endpoint in question – NmAPI.

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