Mitel MiCollab up to 9.8.1.5 NuPoint Messenger unnecessary privileges

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mitel MiCollab up to 9.8.1.5. This affects an unknown function of the component NuPoint Messenger. This manipulation causes unnecessary privileges. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-35287. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability has been found in Mitel MiCollab up to 9.8.1.5 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component NuPoint Messenger. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unnecessary privileges vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-250. The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the NuPoint Messenger (NPM) component of Mitel MiCollab through version 9.8 SP1 (9.8.1.5) could allow an authenticated attacker with administrative privilege to conduct a privilege escalation attack due to the execution of a resource with unnecessary privileges. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges.

It is possible to read the advisory at mitel.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-35287 since 05/15/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/08/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Mitel

Name

• MiCollab

Version

• 9.8.1.0
• 9.8.1.1
• 9.8.1.2
• 9.8.1.3
• 9.8.1.4
• 9.8.1.5

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• commercial

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