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Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 16, 2024· Updated Sep 16, 2024

RCE in desktop app in Windows by local attacker

CVE-2024-39613

Description

Mattermost Desktop App versions <=5.8.0 fail to specify an absolute path when searching the cmd.exe file, which allows a local attacker who is able to put an cmd.exe file in the Downloads folder of a user's machine to cause remote code execution on that machine.

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Affected packages

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
mattermost-desktopnpm
< 5.9.05.9.0

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