# CVE-2024-0770: European Chemicals Agency IUCLID Desktop Installer iuclid6.exe default permission

> Local attackers can exploit incorrect default permissions in the IUCLID desktop installer to escalate privileges.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 30 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3cm5-j5r2-wvm7

## What is CVE-2024-0770?

CVE-2024-0770 is a medium-severity vulnerability in European Chemicals Agency IUCLID, published on 21 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in European Chemicals Agency IUCLID 7.10.3 on Windows. Affected is an unknown function of the file iuclid6.exe of the component Desktop Installer. The manipulation leads to incorrect default permissions. The attack needs to be approached locally. VDB-251670 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0770?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Echa.europa Iuclid.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0770?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0770 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0770 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0770 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in European Chemicals Agency IUCLID

- [CVE-2023-26089](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-26089/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-26546](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-26546/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0770 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0770 is a medium-severity vulnerability in European Chemicals Agency IUCLID, published on 21 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0770 exists.

Affected product: European Chemicals Agency IUCLID. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0770/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0770/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0770
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0770
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0770

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0770/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.