Use-after-free in IBM Maximo Application Suite - Edge Data Collector

1) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU92243

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 7.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27308

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to mio will under some circumstances return invalid tokens that correspond to named pipes that have already been deregistered from the mio registry when using named pipes on Windows. A remote attacker can trigger the vulnerability to perform a denial of service attack or compromise vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Maximo Application Suite - Edge Data Collector: before 8.11.7

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:maximo_application_suite_-_edge_data_collector:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7156273

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.