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Medium · 6.7 CVE-2024-51448 EUVD-2024-45798GHSA-6pxp-6h5g-5389

IBM Robotic Process Automation privilege escalation

Published Jan 18, 2025 · Updated Jan 21, 2025 · Assigned by ibm

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

VendorProductAffectedFixed
IBM Robotic Process Automation 21.0.0 – ≤ 21.0.7.17, 23.0.0 – ≤ 23.0.18 —

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