PT-2024-33991 · Ipswitch · Whatsup Gold

Published 2024-06-25 · Updated 2024-08-21 · CVE-2024-5016

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: WhatsUp Gold versions prior to 2023.1.3

Description: The issue allows for Remote Code Execution as SYSTEM by exploiting Distributed Edition installations using a deserialization tool. The vulnerability exists in the main message processing routines, specifically in NmDistributed.DistributedServiceBehavior.OnMessage for servers and NmDistributed.DistributedClient.OnMessage for clients.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 2023.1.3, update to version 2023.1.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the NmDistributed.DistributedServiceBehavior.OnMessage and NmDistributed.DistributedClient.OnMessage routines until a patch is applied.

Fix

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-502

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-5016

ZDI-24-891

Affected Products

Whatsup Gold

References · 6

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-891 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5016 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5016 · Vendor Advisory
• https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-June-2024 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/91521 · Telegram Post
• https://progress.com/network-monitoring · Note