CVE-2024-7253 is an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability affecting NoMachine, specifically within the nxnode.exe process. This flaw allows a local attacker, with existing low-privileged code execution, to escalate privileges to SYSTEM by manipulating the loading of a library from an unsecured location. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk of full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) with low attack complexity and no user interaction required once initial access is gained. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 7.0, < 7.15.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nomachine:nomachine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.0, < 8.12.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nomachine:nomachine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.