CVE-2024-51448: 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…

PriorityP430medium6.7CVSS 3.1

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EPSS

0.15%

4.3th percentile

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

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
ibm	robotic_process_automation	21.0.0 – 21.0.7.17	—
ibm	robotic_process_automation	23.0.0 – 23.0.18	—

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