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CVE-2024-0259: Privilege Escalation in Robot Schedule Enterprise Agent for Windows prior to version 3.04

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-03-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-276

Description

Fortra's Robot Schedule Enterprise Agent for Windows prior to version 3.04 is susceptible to privilege escalation. A low-privileged user can overwrite the service executable. When the service is restarted, the replaced binary runs with local system privileges, allowing a low-privileged user to gain elevated privileges.

Affected products

• Fortra Robot Schedule Enterprise: before 3.04 — fixed in 3.04

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Fortra Robot Schedule Enterprise 3.04. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://hstechdocs.helpsystems.com/releasenotes/Content/_ProductPages/Robot/RobotScheduleEnterprise.htm
• https://www.fortra.com/security/advisory/fi-2024-005
• https://hstechdocs.helpsystems.com/releasenotes/Content/_ProductPages/Robot/RobotScheduleEnterprise.htm
• https://www.fortra.com/security/advisory/fi-2024-005

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