Radia Client AutomationApplication · Persistent Systems

CVE-2015-1497

HIGH · 10.0 CVSS v2.0 Published 2015-02-16
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
High EPSS Public exploit Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
radexecd.exe in Persistent Systems Radia Client Automation (RCA) 7.9, 8.1, 9.0, and 9.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted request to TCP port 3465.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

Critical pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in radexecd.exe service of Persistent Systems Radia Client Automation. The service listening on TCP port 3465 accepts crafted requests that allow unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system.

MitigationRestrict network access to TCP port 3465 and apply vendor patches or upgrade to a patched version of Radia Client Automation.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Radia Client AutomationApplication
Affected:= 7.9= 8.1= 9.0= 9.1

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify if Radia Client Automation is installed
    Check installed programs for 'Persistent Systems Radia Client Automation' or 'Radia Client Automation' in Windows Add/Remove Programs, or look for the radexecd.exe process in Task Manager
    Affected if The product is installed and matches version 7.9, 8.1, 9.0, or 9.1
  2. Determine the installed version
    Open Windows Registry under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall or check the program's About/Version information in the control panel
    Affected if The installed version is exactly 7.9, 8.1, 9.0, or 9.1
  3. Check if radexecd.exe service is running
    Open Services console (services.msc) and look for a service named 'radexecd' or related Radia service, or run 'tasklist | findstr radexecd' in command prompt
    Affected if The radexecd.exe process or service is running on the system
  4. Verify if TCP port 3465 is listening
    Run 'netstat -an | findstr 3465' or use PowerShell 'Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 3465' to check if the service is bound to the network
    Affected if Port 3465 shows as LISTENING or ESTABLISHED, indicating the vulnerable service is network-accessible
  5. Confirm network exposure of the service
    Check firewall rules or run 'netsh advfirewall firewall show rule name=all' to see if port 3465 is allowed through the Windows Firewall
    Affected if Port 3465 is open in the firewall and accessible from network hosts, making the vulnerability exploitable remotely

A user is affected if Radia Client Automation version 7.9, 8.1, 9.0, or 9.1 is installed with the radexecd.exe service running and listening on TCP port 3465, especially if that port is exposed to the network.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Restrict network access to TCP port 3465 and apply vendor patches or upgrade to a patched version of Radia Client Automation.

Fix this in Radia Client Automation Scoped from the published advisory
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