CVE-2024-5016 Information

Description

In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3 Distributed Edition installations can be exploited by using a deserialization tool to achieve a Remote Code Execution as SYSTEM.  The vulnerability exists in the main message processing routines NmDistributed.DistributedServiceBehavior.OnMessage for server and NmDistributed.DistributedClient.OnMessage for clients.

Reference

https://www.progress.com/network-monitoring https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-June-2024