HP Hotkey Support – Escalation of Privilege

published 2024-10-07 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-24656

cvss: 8.8; 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 11%
public exploits: 0; none known

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the HP Hotkey Support software, which might allow local escalation of privilege. HP is releasing mitigation for the potential vulnerability. Customers using HP Programmable Key are recommended to update HP Hotkey Support.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

hp elite_dragonfly_max_firmware 8.10.42.190_rev1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-10-07)

Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

HP, Inc. HP Hotkey Support
hp elite_dragonfly_max_firmware

Classification

Weakness

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

support.hp.com /us-en/document/ish_11342101-11342130-16/hpsbhf03977

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-27458
NVD CVE-2024-27458

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Summary