CVE-2024-5016

June 25, 2024, 9:16 p.m.

7.2
High

Description

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.  The vulnerability exists in the main message processing routines NmDistributed.DistributedServiceBehavior.OnMessage for server and NmDistributed.DistributedClient.OnMessage for clients.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
WhatsUp Gold
  • ['before 2023.1.3']

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-502
Deserialization of Untrusted Data
The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid.

References

https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-June-2024
https://www.progress.com/network-monitoring

Tags

security@progress.com
CWE-502
2024-06-25
CVE-2024-5016

CVSS Score

7.2 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: HIGH
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Timeline

Published: June 25, 2024, 9:16 p.m.
Last Modified: June 25, 2024, 9:16 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@progress.com

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