CVE-2024-27458
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA 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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in HP Hotkey Support software. The vulnerability could allow a local attacker to gain elevated system privileges by exploiting the HP Programmable Key functionality through the Hotkey Support component.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify HP Hotkey Support is installedOpen Control Panel > Programs and Features, or run 'Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Where-Object {$_.Name -like "*Hotkey*"}' in PowerShellAffected if HP Hotkey Support appears in the installed programs list
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Identify the installed HP Hotkey Support versionRight-click the HP Hotkey Support entry in Programs and Features and select Properties, or check the file version of C:\Windows\System32\hpHotkeyPS.dll if it existsAffected if The version shown is lower than the patched version provided by HP (compare against HP's security advisory)
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Confirm HP Programmable Key feature is presentCheck for HP Programmable Key icon in the system tray, or look for hpprogkey.exe or similar HP programmable key processes in Task ManagerAffected if HP Programmable Key functionality is enabled or available on the system
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Check for HP Hotkey serviceOpen Services (services.msc) and look for HP Hotkey Support Service or similar HP-related hotkey service, or run 'Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -like "*Hotkey*"}' in PowerShellAffected if An HP Hotkey service is running on the system
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Inspect file timestamps for recent HP updatesCheck the modification date of HP Hotkey Support program files in C:\Program Files\HP\ or C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\ directoriesAffected if Files have not been updated recently and may be running vulnerable versions
A user is affected if HP Hotkey Support is installed with a vulnerable version and the HP Programmable Key feature is present and enabled on the system.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate HP Hotkey Support to the latest version provided by HP to address the privilege escalation vulnerability.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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