RCE in desktop app in Windows by local attacker

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-39613",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "RCE in desktop app in Windows by local attacker",
    "summary": "Mattermost Desktop App versions <=5.8.0 fail to specify an absolute path when searching the cmd.exe file, which allows a local attacker who is able to put an cmd.exe file in the Downloads folder of a user's machine to cause remote code execution on that machine.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-39613",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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              "repo": "https://github.com/mattermost/desktop",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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            "v4.7.0-beta2",
            "beta2",
            "4.7.0-beta",
            "v1.3.0-rc2",
            "v1.3.0",
            "v1.3.0-rc1",
            "v1.2.0",
            "v1.1.1",
            "v1.1.0",
            "v1.0.7",
            "v1.0.6",
            "v1.0.5",
            "v1.0.4",
            "v1.0.3",
            "v1.0.2",
            "v1.0.1",
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            "v0.4.0",
            "v0.3.0",
            "v0.2.0",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:35.516757384Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://mattermost.com/security-updates",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/39xxx/CVE-2024-39613.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39613"
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      "provider_metadata": {
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        "cna_assigner": "Mattermost",
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 502970,
  "published_at": "2024-09-16T06:40:58.501+00:00"
}