DLL side-loading in BMC Control-M
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
BMC Control-M branches 9.0.20 and 9.0.21 upon user login load all Dynamic Link Libraries (DLL) from a directory that grants Write and Read permissions to all users. Leveraging it leads to loading of a potentially malicious libraries, which will execute with the application's privileges. Fix for 9.0.20 branch was released in version 9.0.20.238. Fix for 9.0.21 branch was released in version 9.0.21.201.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Control-M (BMC) Fixed in 9.0.20.238, 9.0.21.201
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
BMC Control-M 9.0.20.238, 9.0.21.201
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-01497 Incorrect authorization in BMC Control-MPriority LOW 33
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-1605
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wpc3-225m-fg2m
References
More BMC Control-m vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-20303 BMC Control-M through 9.0.20.200 allows SQL injection via the… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-11687 A SQL injection vulnerability in BMC Control-M before 9.0.20.214 allows attackers to… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-01497 Incorrect authorization in BMC Control-M CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2024-01499 HTML injection in BMC Control-M CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2024-1605 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-1605 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wpc3-225m-fg2m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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