CVE-2024-25552

Local privilege escalation via unquoted service path

Published Mar 1, 2024 · Updated Aug 26, 2024

Unquoted service paths in W&T COM Redirectors and OPC-Server allow local users to execute code with administrative privileges. Their Windows service ImagePath registry values omit quotation marks, so path parsing can select an attacker-placed executable from a space-delimited prefix before the intended binary. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access and write access to a suitable directory along the service path; successful execution grants administrative control.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.24%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Unquoted service paths in W&T COM Redirectors and OPC-Server allow local users to execute code with administrative privileges. Their Windows service ImagePath registry values omit quotation marks, so path parsing can select an attacker-placed executable from a space-delimited prefix before the intended binary. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access and write access to a suitable directory along the service path; successful execution grants administrative control.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-25552
Published
Mar 1, 2024
Updated
Aug 26, 2024
Vendor
Wiesemann & Theis GmbH
Product
W&T OPC Server
Classifications
CWE-428, T1574.009
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Mar 1, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 26, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=4.88

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Wiesemann & Theis GmbH · W&T OPC Serverversion=4.88
Wiesemann & Theis GmbH · COM Port Redirector Plug & Playversion=4.42
Wiesemann & Theis GmbH · OPC Serverversion=4.88
Wiesemann & Theis GmbH · W&T COM Port Redirectorversion=4.42
Wiesemann & Theis GmbH · COM Port Redirector Legacyversion=3.93

Published CVSS scores

7.8CERT@VDECVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-428Unquoted Search Path or Element
T1574.009Path Interception by Unquoted Path

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