Veritas Enterprise Vault up to 15.1 .NET Remoting TCP Port deserialization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as very critical has been detected in Veritas Enterprise Vault up to 15.1. This impacts an unknown function of the component .NET Remoting TCP Port. Performing a manipulation results in deserialization. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-53909. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Veritas Enterprise Vault up to 15.1. This affects some unknown functionality of the component .NET Remoting TCP Port. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in the server in Veritas Enterprise Vault before 15.2, ZDI-CAN-24334. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because untrusted data, received on a .NET Remoting TCP port, is deserialized.

It is possible to read the advisory at veritas.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-53909 since 11/24/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed 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 06/20/2025).

Upgrading to version 15.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-52181). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.7

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VulDB Temp Score: 9.4
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CNA Base Score: 9.8
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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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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Enterprise Vault 15.2

Timelineinfo

11/24/2024 🔍
11/25/2024 +1 days 🔍
11/25/2024 +0 days 🔍
06/20/2025 +206 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ZDI-CAN-24334
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-53909 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-53909
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-285987
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 11/25/2024 07:37
Updated: 06/20/2025 00:32
Changes: 11/25/2024 07:37 (64), 11/30/2024 02:18 (11), 06/20/2025 00:32 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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