Cato Networks Windows SDP Client Local Privilege Escalation via self-upgrade

published 2024-07-31 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-47957

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 15%
public exploits: 0; none known

Cato Networks Windows SDP Client Local Privilege Escalation via self-upgradeThis issue affects SDP Client: before 5.10.34.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

Cato Networks SDP Client 5.10.34
catonetworks sdp_client 5.10.34

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-07-31)

Exploit prediction

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

support.catonetworks.com https://support.catonetworks.com/hc/en-us/articles/19762641007133-CVE-2024-6974-Windows-SDP-Client-Local-Privilege-Escalation-via-self-upgrade referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Cato Networks SDP Client
catonetworks sdp_client

Classification

Weakness

CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path
CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

References

support.catonetworks.com /hc/en-us/articles/19762641007133-CVE-2024-6974-Windows-SDP-Client-Local-Privilege-Escalation-via-self-upgrade
exploit, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-6974
NVD CVE-2024-6974

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Summary