CVE-2024-5245 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System. It stems from the product installer using default MySQL credentials, allowing an attacker with low-privileged code execution to escalate to SYSTEM privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a significant impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), no evidence of active exploitation, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.7.0.37CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netgear:prosafe_network_management_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.