Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Jan 18, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-51448
CVE-2024-51448
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.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:ibm:robotic_process_automation:21.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:robotic_process_automation:21.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: 21.0.0
- (no CPE)range: 21.0.0 - 21.0.7.17, 23.0.0 - 23.0.18
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7177586nvdVendor Advisory
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