CVE-2024-4229
Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in Edgecross Basic Software for Windows versions 1.00...
Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in Edgecross Basic Software for Windows versions 1.00 and later and Edgecross Basic Software for Developers versions 1.00 and later allows a malicious local attacker to execute an arbitrary malicious code, resulting in information disclosure, tampering with and deletion, or a denial-of-service (DoS) condition, if the product is installed in a folder other than a folder that only users with administrative privilege have permission to modify.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- 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
7.8
Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in Edgecross Basic Software for Windows versions 1.00 and later and Edgecross Basic Software for Developers versions 1.00 and later allows a malicious local attacker to execute an arbitrary malicious code, resulting in information disclosure, tampering with and deletion, or a denial-of-service (DoS) condition, if the product is installed in a folder other than a folder that only users with administrative privilege have permission to modify.
- Record
CVE-2024-4229- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-32781
7.8
Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in Edgecross Basic Software for Windows versions 1.00 and later and Edgecross Basic Software for Developers versions 1.00 and later allows a malicious local attacker to execute an arbitrary malicious code, resulting in information disclosure, tampering with and deletion, or a denial-of-service (DoS) condition, if the product is installed in a folder other than a folder that only users with administrative privilege have permission to modify.
- Record
EUVD-2024-32781- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-73w7-h363-3xgf
7.8
Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in Edgecross Basic Software for Windows versions 1.00...
Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in Edgecross Basic Software for Windows versions 1.00 and later and Edgecross Basic Software for Developers versions 1.00 and later allows a malicious local attacker to execute an arbitrary malicious code, resulting in information disclosure, tampering with and deletion, or a denial-of-service (DoS) condition, if the product is installed in a folder other than a folder that only users with administrative privilege have permission to modify.
- Record
GHSA-73w7-h363-3xgf- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.8
Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in Edgecross Basic Software for Windows versions 1.00 and later and Edgecross Basic Software for Developers versions 1.00 and later allows a malicious local attacker to execute an arbitrary malicious code, resulting in information disclosure, tampering with and deletion, or a denial-of-service (DoS) condition, if the product is installed in a folder other than a folder that only users with administrative privilege have permission to modify.
- Record
CVE-2024-4229- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-4229 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Edgecross Consortium Basic Software For Developers, published December 19, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.16%, the 4th percentile. No source names a fixed version.