CVE-2024-8540 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Insecure permissions in Ivanti Sentry before versions 9.20.2 and 10.0.2 or 10.1.0 allow a local authenticated attacker to modify sensitive application components.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Ivanti	Sentry Standalone Sentry

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:standalone_sentry::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:standalone_sentry:10.0.1:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Sentry-CVE-2024-8540

History

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 17:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Ivanti standalone Sentry
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:standalone_sentry:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:standalone_sentry:10.0.1:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Ivanti standalone Sentry

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 19:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Insecure permissions in Ivanti Sentry before versions 9.20.2 and 10.0.2 or 10.1.0 allow a local authenticated attacker to modify sensitive application components.
Weaknesses		CWE-732
References		https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Sentry-CVE-2024-8540
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ivanti

Published: 2024-12-10T18:52:17.010Z

Updated: 2024-12-14T04:55:18.267Z

Reserved: 2024-09-06T18:11:23.892Z

Link: CVE-2024-8540

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-12-10T20:18:06.807Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-12-10T19:15:31.463

Modified: 2025-07-30T17:44:36.683

Link: CVE-2024-8540

Redhat

No data.

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