CVE-2024-42048
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 · uneditedOpenOrange Business Framework version 1.15.5 installs to a directory with overly permissive access control, allowing all authenticated users to write to the installation path. In combination with the application's behavior of loading DLLs from this location, this allows for DLL hijacking and may result in arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation.
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 confidenceOpenOrange Business Framework 1.15.5 installs to a directory with weak access control permissions, allowing any authenticated user on the system to modify files in the installation path. Since the application loads DLLs from this same directory, an attacker with standard user privileges can place a malicious DLL in the installation folder to achieve arbitrary code execution and potentially escalate privileges.
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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
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the OpenOrange installation directorySearch for OpenOrange installation folders - common paths include C:\Program Files\OpenOrange, C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenOrange, or check registry under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall for OpenOrange entriesAffected if Cannot locate any OpenOrange installation on the system, then not affected by this CVE
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Confirm the installed versionCheck the version of the installed OpenOrange by looking at the executable properties (right-click on the main .exe file, go to Details tab) or check Add/Remove Programs for version 1.15.5Affected if Installed version is 1.15.5 or earlier - versions at or below this threshold are affected by the weak permissions issue
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Verify write permissions on the installation directoryRight-click the OpenOrange installation folder, go to Properties > Security tab, and check the Permissions for the Users group or your standard user account; alternatively, run 'icacls "<installation_path>"' from command prompt to see if Users or standard users have (M) modify or (F) full control permissionsAffected if Standard authenticated users have Write, Modify, or Full Control permissions to the installation folder - this is the vulnerable condition
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Confirm DLL loading from application directoryThis is the default behavior of OpenOrange - the application loads DLLs from its own installation directory; no configuration change needed to verify this - the vulnerability exists because the app searches its own directory for DLLsAffected if OpenOrange is installed with default settings - the DLL loading from application directory is enabled by design in version 1.15.5
If OpenOrange version 1.15.5 or earlier is installed AND the installation directory is writable by standard users, the environment is affected by CVE-2024-42048 because an authenticated attacker could place a malicious DLL to achieve code execution.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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From vendor dataRestrict write access to the application installation directory to only trusted administrators, and modify the application to load DLLs from secure system directories rather than the application directory.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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