Privilege escalation via unaudited subprocesses
Published Nov 20, 2024 · Updated Oct 7, 2025
Improper privilege assignment in upKeeper Instant Privilege Access before 1.2 allows attackers to run unapproved subprocesses elevated. The client agent's audit process validates an allowed parent application but fails to audit its subprocesses against the configured allowlist. Exploitation requires an approved application in the IPA elevation workflow; the resulting child process runs with privileges its executable was not granted.
Summary
What happened
Improper privilege assignment in upKeeper Instant Privilege Access before 1.2 allows attackers to run unapproved subprocesses elevated. The client agent's audit process validates an allowed parent application but fails to audit its subprocesses against the configured allowlist. Exploitation requires an approved application in the IPA elevation workflow; the resulting child process runs with privileges its executable was not granted.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-9479
- Published
- Nov 20, 2024
- Updated
- Oct 7, 2025
- Vendor
- upKeeper Solutions AB
- Product
- upKeeper Instant Privilege Access
- Classifications
- CWE-266, CAPEC-233, T1548
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 20, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 7, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <1.2
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