8.5

CVE-2024-2658: flexera flexnet_publisher Uncontrolled Search Path Element

CVSS: 8.5v4.0HighDeferred
Published 30-01-2025Last modified 30-01-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-2658 is a high (CVSS 8.5) Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in flexera flexnet_publisher. EPSS estimates a 0.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.5/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.81%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 30-01-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 30-01-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A misconfiguration in lmadmin.exe of FlexNet Publisher versions prior to 2024 R1 (11.19.6.0) allows the OpenSSL configuration file to load from a non-existent directory. An unauthorized, locally authenticated user with low privileges can potentially create the directory and load a specially crafted openssl.conf file leading to the execution of a malicious DLL (Dynamic-Link Library) with elevated privileges.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.81%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

56%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.81% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.81%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Flexera1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links