Vulnerability · Published Jan 30, 2025 · Assigned by flexera

CVE-2024-2658Local privilege escalation in FlexNet Publisher

High 8.5

In plain English

A high-severity uncontrolled search path in FlexNet Publisher from Flexera. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 37% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)8.5High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A misconfiguration in lmadmin.exe of FlexNet Publisher versions prior to 2024 R1 (11.19.6.0) allows the OpenSSL configuration file to load from a non-existent directory. An unauthorized, locally authenticated user with low privileges can potentially create the directory and load a specially crafted openssl.conf file leading to the execution of a malicious DLL (Dynamic-Link Library) with elevated privileges.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Flexera	FlexNet Publisher	0 – before 2024 R1 (11.19.6.0)

Weakness: CWE-427 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

https://community.flexera.com/s/article/cve-2024-2658-flexnet-publisher-potential-local-privilege-escalation-issue vendor-advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-359/ third-party-advisory