Connext Professional
CVE-2024-52058
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization OS command sanitization, avoid shell exec
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 1 tactic: Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 8.6 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A local attacker with access to the system could execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional (System Designer) allows OS Command Injection.0.0 before 7.3.0.2,. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.6), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Avoid passing user input to shell commands. Use language-specific APIs instead of shell execution. Apply strict input validation with allowlists.
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This vulnerability is classified as OS Command Injection (CWE-78), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host. Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional (System Designer) allows OS Command Injection.0.0 before 7.3.0.2, from 6.1.0 before 6.1.2.19. Affected products include: Rti Connext Professional. Version information: before 7.3.0.2.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Primary rating from Vendor (3f572a00-62e2-4423-959a-7ea25eff1638) · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorVendor: 3f572a00-62e2-4423-959a-7ea25eff1638
DescriptionCVE.org
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional (System Designer) allows OS Command Injection.This issue affects Connext Professional: from 7.0.0 before 7.3.0.2, from 6.1.0 before 6.1.2.19.
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Attack Technique
OS command injection occurs when an application passes unsanitized user input directly into system shell commands.
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