CVE-2024-2658 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2024-2658

Local privilege escalation in FlexNet Publisher

Vulnerability Description

A misconfiguration in lmadmin.exe of FlexNet Publisher versions prior to 2024 R1 (11.19.6.0) allows the OpenSSL configuration file to load from a non-existent directory. An unauthorized, locally authenticated user with low privileges can potentially create the directory and load a specially crafted openssl.conf file leading to the execution of a malicious DLL (Dynamic-Link Library) with elevated privileges.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

FlexNet Publisher
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: January 30th, 2025
Last Modified: January 30th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-427

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1574 Hijack Execution Flow
Persistence
T1574.001 DLL Search Order Hijacking
Privilege Escalation
T1547 Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
Persistence
T1036 Masquerading
Defense Evasion
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution