Check Point Advisories

ABB Aspect-Ent Privilege Escalation (CVE-2024-51544)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2024-3938
Date Published:	28 Dec 2025
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 28 December, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2024-51544
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	ABB Aspect-Ent 3.08.02 and prior ABB Nexus Series 3.08.02 and prior ABB Matrix Series 3.08.02 and prior
Vulnerability Description	A privilege escalation vulnerability in ABB Aspect-Ent allows attackers to access service restart requests and VM configuration settings.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the ABB Aspect-Ent Privilege Escalation (CVE-2024-51544) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: ABB Aspect-Ent Privilege Escalation (CVE-2024-51544)