Local privilege escalation in Harmony Endpoint Security Client for Windows via crafted DLL file

published 2024-05-01 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-22275

cvss: 6.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 5%
public exploits: 0; none known

A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in Harmony Endpoint Security Client for Windows versions E88.10 and below. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute local privileged code on the target system.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

checkpoint harmony_endpoint e88.20

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-05-01)

Exploit prediction

0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

checkpoint Harmony Endpoint Security Client for Windows
checkpoint harmony_endpoint

Classification

Weakness

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

support.checkpoint.com /results/sk/sk182244
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-24912
NVD CVE-2024-24912

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Summary