Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Enterprise Vault - CVE-2024-53914
Published: December 13, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU101761
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-53914
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Veritas Technologies
Affected software:
Enterprise Vault
Enterprise Vault
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data within the EVTaskGuardian service. A remote user on the local network can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-53914
Install updates from vendor's website.