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CVE-2024-2947

Cockpit: command injection when deleting a sosreport with a crafted name

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 68th percentile. Fixed versions are out.

CVSS 3.17.3HighEPSS percentile68th1.2% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit knownFix4 products2 fixed builds listed below

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, BDU

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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed builds0:310.4-1.el8_10, 0:311.2-1.el9_4Stated by: CVE record
  • ООО «Ред Софт» РЕД ОСAffected: 7.3Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU
  • Fedora Project FedoraAffected: 39Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU
  • Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения cockpitAffected: до 270Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU

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What it is

From the CVE record

A flaw was found in Cockpit. Deleting a sosreport with a crafted name via the Cockpit web interface can lead to a command injection vulnerability, resulting in privilege escalation. This issue affects Cockpit versions 270 and newer.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS68th
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

1.2% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 68th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

7 events over 819 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. OpenVAS check added
  2. Patch availableworkaround available, record updated
  3. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

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Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Scored 7.3 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector LocalRequires local access to the vulnerable system (e.g. local login, malicious file)
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required LowRequires basic user-level privileges
  • User Interaction RequiredA user must click a link, open a file, or perform some action

Scope

  • Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
  • Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
  • Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

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