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    "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/38985?format=api",
    "vulnerability_id": "VCID-avsd-94p9-h7hw",
    "summary": "In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, Distributed Edition installations can be exploited by using a deserialization tool to achieve a Remote Code Execution as SYSTEM. \nThe vulnerability exists in the main message processing routines NmDistributed.DistributedServiceBehavior.OnMessage for server and NmDistributed.DistributedClient.OnMessage for clients.",
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            "alias": "CVE-2024-5016"
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            "name": "Deserialization of Untrusted Data",
            "description": "The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid."
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