CVE-2024-7324 IObit iTop Data Recovery Pro BPL madbasic_.bpl uncontrolled search path

High 8.5 Published Updated

Local attackers can exploit an uncontrolled search path in a library to execute arbitrary code via DLL hijacking.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-7324?

CVE-2024-7324 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in IObit iTop Data Recovery Pro, published on 31 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability was found in IObit iTop Data Recovery Pro 4.4.0.687. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality in the library madbasic_.bpl of the component BPL Handler. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. Local access is required to approach this attack. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-273247. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-427

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7324?

How do I fix CVE-2024-7324?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7324 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2024-7324 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7324 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2fvc-q825-c4gm.

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