CVE-2024-47856

Published Nov 24, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In RSA Authentication Agent before 7.4.7, service paths and shortcut paths may be vulnerable to path interception if the path has one or more spaces and is not surrounded by quotation marks. An adversary can place an executable in a higher-level directory of the path, and Windows will resolve that executable instead of the intended executable.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Rsa authentication Agent For Windows
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:rsa:authentication_agent_for_windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Rsa authentication Agent For Windows
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Microsoft
Microsoft windows
Rsa
Rsa authentication Agent
Vendors & Products Microsoft
Microsoft windows
Rsa
Rsa authentication Agent
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-23
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In RSA Authentication Agent before 7.4.7, service paths and shortcut paths may be vulnerable to path interception if the path has one or more spaces and is not surrounded by quotation marks. An adversary can place an executable in a higher-level directory of the path, and Windows will resolve that executable instead of the intended executable.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Nov 25, 2025, 2:26 PM
Reserved
Oct 4, 2024, 12:00 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Nov 24, 2025, 10:15 PM
Modified
Nov 8, 2026, 8:10 PM