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CVE-2024-1605: DLL side-loading in BMC Control-M

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-03-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-276

Description

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.

Affected products

• BMC Control-M: from 9.0.20 before 9.0.20.238; from 9.0.21 before 9.0.21.201 — fixed in 9.0.20.238, 9.0.21.201

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: BMC Control-M 9.0.20.238, 9.0.21.201. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://cert.pl/en/posts/2024/03/CVE-2024-1604
• https://cert.pl/posts/2024/03/CVE-2024-1604
• https://www.bmc.com/it-solutions/control-m.html
• https://cert.pl/en/posts/2024/03/CVE-2024-1604
• https://cert.pl/posts/2024/03/CVE-2024-1604
• https://www.bmc.com/it-solutions/control-m.html

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