Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-51549

Critical

Published: 05 December 2024

Published
05 December 2024
Modified
27 February 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 9.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0030 53.4th percentile
Risk Priority 19 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-51549 is a critical-severity Absolute Path Traversal (CWE-36) vulnerability in Abb Aspect-Ent-12 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 46.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Absolute File Traversal vulnerabilities allows access and modification of un-intended resources.  Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; NEXUS Series v3.08.02; MATRIX Series v3.08.02

CWE(s)
CWE-36CWE-22

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

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aspect-ent-12 firmware
≤ 3.08.03
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aspect-ent-2 firmware
≤ 3.08.03
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aspect-ent-256 firmware
≤ 3.08.03
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aspect-ent-96 firmware
≤ 3.08.03
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nexus-2128 firmware
≤ 3.08.03
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nexus-2128-a firmware
≤ 3.08.03
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nexus-2128-f firmware
≤ 3.08.03
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nexus-2128-g firmware
≤ 3.08.03
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nexus-264 firmware
≤ 3.08.03
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nexus-264-a firmware
≤ 3.08.03
+9 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

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.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References