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CVE-2024-47856

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-11-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-23

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.

Affected products

• RSA Authentication Agent For Windows: before 7.4.7 — fixed in 7.4.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: RSA Authentication Agent For Windows 7.4.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://community.rsa.com/s/article/RSA-2024-13-RSA-Authentication-Agent-for-Microsoft-Windows-Security-Update
• https://community.rsa.com/s/product-download/a9G4u000000mCOYEAU/rsa-authentication-agent-747-for-microsoft-windows

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