# CVE-2024-42048: OpenOrange Business Framework version 1.15.5 installs to a directory with overly permissive access control, allowing all authenticated users

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-08-07 · Updated: 2025-08-29

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

OpenOrange Business Framework version 1.15.5 installs to a directory with overly permissive access control, allowing all authenticated users to write to the installation path. In combination with the application's behavior of loading DLLs from this location, this allows for DLL hijacking and may result in arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/dlls/dynamic-link-library-search-order
- https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/secure-loading-of-libraries-to-prevent-dll-preloading-attacks-d41303ec-0748-9211-f317-2edc819682e1
- https://resources.infosecinstitute.com/topic/dll-hijacking
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1574/001
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/libloaderapi/nf-libloaderapi-loadlibrarya
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/libloaderapi/nf-libloaderapi-loadlibraryexa
- https://www.openorange.com
- https://landings.openorange.com/l/erp-peru-a.html
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/securityadvisories/Security-Advisories/refs/heads/main/Advisories/Blaze%20Information%20Security%20-%20DLL%20Hijacking%20in%20OpenOrange%20Business%20Framework%20Allows%20Arbitrary%20Code%20Execution%20and%20Potential%20Privilege%20Escalation.txt

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