CVE-2024-5016 HIGH

CVE-2024-5016: WhatsUp Gold OnMessage Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor Progress Software Corporation
Product WhatsUp Gold
Weakness CWE-502 · Unsafe deserialization
Published June 25, 2024
Last update August 1, 2024
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CVSS base score

7.2/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, Distributed Edition installations can be exploited by using a deserialization tool to achieve a Remote Code Execution as SYSTEM.  The vulnerability exists in the main message processing routines NmDistributed.DistributedServiceBehavior.OnMessage for server and NmDistributed.DistributedClient.OnMessage for clients.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 25, 2024 CVE published
August 1, 2024 Record updated