# CVE-2024-2658: Local privilege escalation in FlexNet Publisher

> A local attacker can escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code by exploiting a DLL hijacking vulnerability in FlexNet Publisher's lmadmin.exe.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **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:** 30 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 30 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2795-pjw4-5495

## What is CVE-2024-2658?

CVE-2024-2658 is a high-severity vulnerability in Flexera FlexNet Publisher, published on 30 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A misconfiguration in lmadmin.exe of FlexNet Publisher versions prior to 2024 R1 (11.19.6.0) allows the OpenSSL configuration file to load from a non-existent directory. An unauthorized, locally authenticated user with low privileges can potentially create the directory and load a specially crafted openssl.conf file leading to the execution of a malicious DLL (Dynamic-Link Library) with elevated privileges.

Weakness: CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2658?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-2658?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2658 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2658 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2658 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2658 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2658 is a high-severity vulnerability in Flexera FlexNet Publisher, published on 30 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2658 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Flexera FlexNet Publisher. 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-2024-2658/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2658/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2658
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2658
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2658

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2658/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.