Vulnerability Intelligence Report
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 that executable instead of the intended executable.
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
9.8
CRITICAL
Exploitability:3.9
Impact Score:5.9
EPSS Probability:0.49%
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-23 ↗CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| rsa | authentication_agent_for_windows | all |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
0.486%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | MITRE Corporation · N/A · USA |
| Reserved | 2024-10-04T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2025-11-24T00:00:00 |
| Last Updated | 2025-11-25T14:26:21 |
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