CVE-2024-48853 (GCVE-0-2024-48853)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-22 16:38 – Updated: 2025-05-22 18:00
VLAI
Title
Authenticated Escalation to guest to root
Summary
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.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-22 17:42 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-286 - Incorrect User Management
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ABB ASPECT-Enterprise Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.08.03 (custom)
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ABB NEXUS Series Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.08.03 (custom)
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ABB MATRIX Series Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.08.03 (custom)
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