CVE-2024-7679

Command execution via untrusted hyperlink navigation

Published Sep 25, 2024 · Updated Sep 25, 2024

Command injection in Progress Telerik UI for WinForms before 2024.3.924 allows local users to execute commands through crafted hyperlinks. The RichTextBox, PdfViewer, and Spreadsheet controls pass activated hyperlink targets to local navigation without restricting them to valid, trusted addresses. A host application must use one of those controls and a user must activate the malicious link; commands run with the application's permissions.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.74%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
Hinoki checkNot available
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Summary

What happened

Command injection in Progress Telerik UI for WinForms before 2024.3.924 allows local users to execute commands through crafted hyperlinks. The RichTextBox, PdfViewer, and Spreadsheet controls pass activated hyperlink targets to local navigation without restricting them to valid, trusted addresses. A host application must use one of those controls and a user must activate the malicious link; commands run with the application's permissions.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-7679
Published
Sep 25, 2024
Updated
Sep 25, 2024
Vendor
Progress Software Corporation
Product
Telerik UI for WinForms
Classifications
CWE-77, T1204.001
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 25, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 25, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=2014.3.1021 <2024.3.924

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Progress Software Corporation · Telerik UI for WinFormsversion=2014.3.1021 <2024.3.924

Published CVSS scores

7.8NISTCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8Progress Software CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
T1204.001Malicious Link

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