# CVE-2019-18349: HotkeyP through 4.9 r96 allows privilege escalation in the privilege function in Commands.cpp.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-11-21 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

HotkeyP through 4.9 r96 allows privilege escalation in the privilege function in Commands.cpp.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://sourceforge.net/p/hotkeyp/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/source/Commands.cpp
- https://sourceforge.net/p/hotkeyp/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/WhatsNew.txt
- https://gist.github.com/matt-thibodeau/8bf16bba4c2a13978ed4e5fd08fbe2c2

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