Progress WhatsUp Gold up to 2023.1.2 deserialization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Progress WhatsUp Gold up to 2023.1.2 and classified as critical. The affected element is the function NmDistributed.DistributedServiceBehavior/NmDistributed.DistributedClient.OnMessage. This manipulation causes deserialization. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-5016. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Progress WhatsUp Gold up to 2023.1.2 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function NmDistributed.DistributedServiceBehavior/NmDistributed.DistributedClient.OnMessage. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, Distributed Edition installations can be exploited by using a deserialization tool to achieve a Remote Code Execution as SYSTEM.  The vulnerability exists in the main message processing routines NmDistributed.DistributedServiceBehavior.OnMessage for server and NmDistributed.DistributedClient.OnMessage for clients.

The weakness was released by Sina Kheirkhah. It is possible to read the advisory at progress.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-5016 since 05/16/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 2023.1.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

VulDB Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Temp Score: 6.9
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CNA Base Score: 7.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Deserialization
CWE: CWE-502 / CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: WhatsUp Gold 2023.1.3

Timelineinfo

05/16/2024 🔍
06/25/2024 +40 days 🔍
06/25/2024 +0 days 🔍
08/21/2024 +57 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: progress.com
Researcher: Sina Kheirkhah
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-5016 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-5016
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-269671

Entryinfo

Created: 06/25/2024 22:58
Updated: 08/21/2024 15:48
Changes: 06/25/2024 22:58 (64), 06/27/2024 11:36 (1), 08/21/2024 15:48 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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