CVE-2024-48840
Published: 05 December 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-48840 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Abb Aspect-Ent-2 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 4.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-48840 is an unauthorized access vulnerability, tracked under CWE-94, that enables remote code execution in ABB ASPECT Enterprise, NEXUS Series, and MATRIX Series, all at version 3.08.02. The flaw carries a CVSS 4.0 score of 9.3, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, and no requirements for authentication or user interaction.
Remote attackers can exploit the issue over the network to achieve arbitrary code execution on affected systems, with potential impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and limited availability. The EPSS score stands at 0.1774 with no material change from its recorded peak.
The ABB advisory referenced at https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=9AKK108469A7497&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch supplies guidance on mitigation for the listed products. No information on active exploitation in the wild is provided in the available data.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-43215
Vulnerability details
Unauthorized Access vulnerabilities allow Remote Code Execution. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; NEXUS Series v3.08.02; MATRIX Series v3.08.02
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.
Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.
Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.
Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.