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CVE-2024-48853: Authenticated Escalation to guest to root

9.0 CVSS

Description

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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-48853

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 9.0

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

Problem Types

CWE-286 Incorrect User Management

Affected Products

Vendor: ABB

Product: ASPECT-Enterprise, NEXUS Series, MATRIX Series

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 17.2% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-18 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48853
https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=9AKK108471A0021&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=pdf&Action=Launch

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