CVE-2024-40433
Insecure Permissions vulnerability in Tencent wechat v.8.0.37 allows an attacker to escalate...
Insecure Permissions vulnerability in Tencent wechat v.8.0.37 allows an attacker to escalate privileges via the web-view component.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Insecure Permissions vulnerability in Tencent wechat v.8.0.37 allows an attacker to escalate privileges via the web-view component.
- Record
CVE-2024-40433- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-38456
Insecure Permissions vulnerability in Tencent wechat v.8.0.37 allows an attacker to escalate privileges via the web-view component.
- Record
EUVD-2024-38456- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-242w-qmqc-xqm3
Insecure Permissions vulnerability in Tencent wechat v.8.0.37 allows an attacker to escalate...
Insecure Permissions vulnerability in Tencent wechat v.8.0.37 allows an attacker to escalate privileges via the web-view component.
- Record
GHSA-242w-qmqc-xqm3- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Insecure Permissions vulnerability in Tencent wechat v.8.0.37 allows an attacker to escalate privileges via the web-view component.
- Record
CVE-2024-40433- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-40433 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Tencent Wechat, published July 26, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.18%, the 67th percentile. No source names a fixed version.