Vulnerability · Published Jan 18, 2025 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2024-51448IBM Robotic Process Automation privilege escalation
Medium 6.7
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Robotic Process Automation from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
IBM Robotic Process Automation 21.0.0 through 21.0.7.17 and 23.0.0 through 23.0.18 could allow a local user to escalate their privileges. All files in the install inherit the file permissions of the parent directory and therefore a non-privileged user can substitute any executable for the nssm.exe service. A subsequent service or server restart will then run that binary with administrator privilege.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| IBM | Robotic Process Automation | 21.0.0 – through 21.0.7.1723.0.0 – through 23.0.18 |
Weakness: CWE-277 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H