VDB-333431 · CVE-2024-47856 · GCVE-0-2024-47856

RSA Authentication Agent up to 7.4.6 unquoted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in RSA Authentication Agent up to 7.4.6. It has been rated as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to unquoted search path. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-47856. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in RSA Authentication Agent up to 7.4.6. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unquoted search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-428. The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In RSA Authentication Agent before 7.4.7, service paths and shortcut paths may be vulnerable to path interception if the path has one or more spaces and is not surrounded by quotation marks. An adversary can place an executable in a higher-level directory of the path, and Windows will resolve that executable instead of the intended executable.

It is possible to read the advisory at community.rsa.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-47856 since 10/04/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. 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 11/25/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1574.009 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 7.4.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Authentication Agent

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.rsa.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Temp Score: 6.7
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unquoted search path
CWE: CWE-428 / CWE-426
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Authentication Agent 7.4.7

Timelineinfo

10/04/2024 CVE reserved
11/25/2025 +417 days Advisory disclosed
11/25/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/25/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: rsa.com

Advisory: community.rsa.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-47856 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-47856
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-333431

Entryinfo

Created: 11/25/2025 07:31
Changes: 11/25/2025 07:31 (54)
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Cache ID: 216::103