CVE-2024-47856

In RSA Authentication Agent before 7.4.7, service paths and shortcut paths may be vulnerable to path interception if the path has one or more spaces and is not surrounded by quotation marks. An adversary can place an executable in a higher-level directory of the path, and Windows will resolve tha...

CVE-2024-47856

The RSA Authentication Agent before version 7.4.7 is vulnerable to a path interception issue (CWE-23) affecting service paths and shortcut paths. If a path contains one or more spaces and lacks surrounding quotation marks, an adversary can place a malicious executable in a higher-level directory....

Vulnerabilities that aren’t. Unquoted Spaces

I’ve covered a couple of web vulnerabilities that mostly aren’t, and now it’s time for a Windows specific one. A common finding from build reviews and CIS comparisons: unquoted spaces in service or run paths. What is it? Windows has always been inconsistent in how its API handles uncommon...