CVE-2024-39613

MEDIUM

Mattermost Desktop < 5.9.0 - Uncontrolled Search Path

Title source: rule

Description

Mattermost Desktop App versions <=5.8.0 fail to specify an absolute path when searching the cmd.exe file, which allows a local attacker who is able to put an cmd.exe file in the Downloads folder of a user's machine to cause remote code execution on that machine.

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://mattermost.com/security-updates

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3

EPSS 0.0147

EPSS Percentile 80.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Classification

CWE

CWE-427

Status published

Affected Products (2)

mattermost/mattermost_desktop < 5.9.0

npm/mattermost-desktop < 5.9.0npm

Timeline

Published Sep 16, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026