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CVE-2024-6071
published 2024-06-27

CVE-2024-6071: PTC Creo Elements/Direct License Server exposes a web interface which can be used by unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands on the…

PriorityP270critical10CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSCCHIHAH
EPSS
1.12%
62.0th percentile
PTC Creo Elements/Direct License Server exposes a web interface which can be used by unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands on the server.

Affected

1 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
ptccreo_elements_direct_license<= 20.7.0.0—

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

  • →The vulnerability exposes an unauthenticated web interface on the PTC Creo Elements/Direct License Server (MEls) that allows remote OS command execution — detect unauthenticated HTTP requests to the license server's web interface from external/untrusted sources ↗
  • →Flag any network connections to PTC Creo Elements/Direct License Server (MEls) version 20.7.0.0 or prior from internet-facing hosts, as this version is vulnerable to unauthenticated RCE ↗
  • →Monitor for unexpected OS-level process spawning (e.g., cmd.exe, sh, bash) as child processes of the PTC Creo Elements/Direct License Server process, which would indicate successful exploitation of CVE-2024-6071 ↗
  • ·This vulnerability does NOT affect 'PTC Creo License Server' (lmadmin, lmgrd) — only the Creo Elements/Direct License Server (MEls) is impacted; ensure detection rules target the correct product ↗
  • ·Affected version range spans a wide set of products (versions 15.00 through 20.7); patched version is 20.7.0.1 or higher — use version detection to scope exposure ↗
  • ·No known public exploitation has been reported as of the advisory date, but the CVSS v4 score is 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N) indicating trivial remote exploitability with no prerequisites ↗

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.110.0CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv4.010.0CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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