Vulnerability · Published May 22, 2025 · Assigned by ABB

CVE-2024-48853Authenticated Escalation to guest to root

Critical 9.0

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in ASPECT-Enterprise from ABB. 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 33% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.0Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 67.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An escalation of privilege vulnerability in ASPECT could provide an attacker root access to a server when logged in as a "non" root ASPECT user. This issue affects ASPECT-Enterprise: through 3.08.03; NEXUS Series: through 3.08.03; MATRIX Series: through 3.08.03.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
ABB ASPECT-Enterprise 0 – through 3.08.03
ABB NEXUS Series 0 – through 3.08.03
ABB MATRIX Series 0 – through 3.08.03

Weakness: CWE-286 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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