Incorrect Privilege AssignmentWeakness · CWE-266

CVE-2024-54229

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-12-16
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in straightvisions GmbH SV100 Companion sv100-companion allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects SV100 Companion: from n/a through <= 2.0.02.

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 confidence

SV100 Companion contains an Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability that allows authenticated or possibly unauthenticated users to escalate their privileges beyond what should be permitted by the application's privilege model. The flaw exists in versions up to and including 2.0.02, where improper validation or assignment of user permissions enables privilege escalation.

MitigationUpdate to a patched version of SV100 Companion if available. If no patch exists, restrict administrative access to trusted IP addresses and review the application's privilege assignment logic for proper role-based access controls.

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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
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify SV100 Companion is installed
    Identify whether SV100 Companion software is present on the system, either as a running service, installed application, or embedded firmware component.
    Affected if SV100 Companion is found on the system
  2. Determine the installed version
    Locate and retrieve the version information for the SV100 Companion installation, typically found in the application itself, system registry, or firmware information.
    Affected if The version cannot be determined or is 2.0.02 or lower
  3. Compare version to affected range
    Compare your installed version against the affected range: any version up to and including 2.0.02 is within the vulnerable range.
    Affected if The installed version is 2.0.02 or lower
  4. Inspect user privilege configuration
    Examine the application's user privilege assignment or role-based access control configuration to identify how user permissions are defined and validated.
    Affected if Privilege roles appear misconfigured, improperly validated, or allow unauthorized permission escalation
  5. Review authentication settings
    Check the authentication and access control settings, particularly any configuration allowing user registration, role assignment, or permission modifications.
    Affected if Authentication controls are weak, allow unauthenticated access, or permit privilege escalation

If SV100 Companion version 2.0.02 or lower is installed with default or misconfigured privilege assignment settings, the system is likely affected by this privilege escalation vulnerability.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Update to a patched version of SV100 Companion if available. If no patch exists, restrict administrative access to trusted IP addresses and review the application's privilege assignment logic for proper role-based access controls.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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