CVE-2024-39708
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 · uneditedAn issue was discovered in the Agent in Delinea Privilege Manager (formerly Thycotic Privilege Manager) before 12.0.1096 on Windows. Sometimes, a non-administrator user can copy a crafted DLL file to a temporary directory (used by .NET Shadow Copies) such that privilege escalation can occur if the core agent service loads that file.
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 · high confidenceIn Delinea Privilege Manager before 12.0.1096, a non-administrator user can copy a crafted malicious DLL to a temporary directory used by .NET Shadow Copies. When the privileged core agent service starts or restarts and loads this DLL from that directory, it executes the attacker's code with elevated (system/service) privileges, achieving privilege escalation.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
- High
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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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Check Privilege Manager versionUse the product's built-in version check mechanism (such as the About dialog in the management console, or the version display in the agent UI). Compare your installed version to the affected range (any version before 12.0.1096).Affected if Your installed version is earlier than 12.0.1096
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Identify .NET Shadow Copy temporary directoriesLocate the temporary directories used by .NET Shadow Copies on your system. These are typically created by the .NET framework in locations such as %TEMP% or subdirectories under the installation path.Affected if These directories exist on your system and are accessible to non-administrator users
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Inspect for unauthorized DLL filesList all DLL files in the identified temporary directories used by .NET Shadow Copies. Look for any DLLs that were not placed there by legitimate software updates or installations.Affected if Any unexpected or suspicious DLL files are present in these directories
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Verify directory write permissionsExamine the permissions on the temporary directories used by .NET Shadow Copies to determine if non-administrator users have write access.Affected if Non-administrator users have write permissions to these directories
You are affected if Privilege Manager is installed at a version before 12.0.1096 AND non-administrator users can write to temporary directories used by .NET Shadow Copies where malicious DLLs could be placed.
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.
dbcve · scopedUpgrade to Privilege Manager version 12.0.1096 or later. Until patched, restrict write permissions on temporary directories used by .NET Shadow Copies and monitor for unauthorized DLL placement in those locations.
12.0.1096 or later
- Upgrade Delinea Privilege Manager to version 12.0.1096 or later on all affected Windows systems
- After upgrading, verify the core agent service is running the updated version
- Ensure the temporary directories used by .NET Shadow Copies have appropriate permissions to prevent non-administrator users from writing executable files
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-39708 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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