CVE-2024-5963

Service-privilege code execution via unquoted path

Published Aug 6, 2024 · Updated Aug 8, 2024

Unquoted service path handling in Hitachi Device Manager before 8.8.7-00 allows local users to execute code with service privileges. The Windows Device Manager Server service stores its executable path without quotation marks, allowing Windows to resolve an attacker-placed executable from a space-delimited path prefix. The vendor rates exploitation as requiring local high privileges; successful execution occurs with the affected service account's authority.

CVSS severity6.7
Medium
EPSS probability0.17%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
Hinoki checkNot available
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Summary

What happened

Unquoted service path handling in Hitachi Device Manager before 8.8.7-00 allows local users to execute code with service privileges. The Windows Device Manager Server service stores its executable path without quotation marks, allowing Windows to resolve an attacker-placed executable from a space-delimited path prefix. The vendor rates exploitation as requiring local high privileges; successful execution occurs with the affected service account's authority.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-5963
Published
Aug 6, 2024
Updated
Aug 8, 2024
Vendor
Hitachi Vantara
Product
Hitachi Device Manager
Classifications
CWE-428, CAPEC-551, T1574.009
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Aug 6, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 8, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <8.8.7-00
  2. Affected versionversion=0 <8.8.7-00 changes=[{"at":"8.8.7-00","status":"unaffected"}]

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Hitachi Vantara · Hitachi Device Managerversion=0 <8.8.7-00; version=0 <8.8.7-00 changes=[{"at":"8.8.7-00","status":"unaffected"}]

Published CVSS scores

6.7Hitachi, Ltd.CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-428Unquoted Search Path or Element
CAPEC-551Modify Existing Service
T1574.009Path Interception by Unquoted Path

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