CVE-2024-7988: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Rockwell Automation ThinManager® ThinServer™ that allows a threat actor to execute arbitrary code with…

PriorityP265critical9.8CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

1.48%

70.6th percentile

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Rockwell Automation ThinManager® ThinServer™ that allows a threat actor to execute arbitrary code with System privileges. This vulnerability exists due to the lack of proper data input validation, which allows files to be overwritten.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
rockwell_automation	thinmanager_thinserver	—	—
rockwellautomation	thinmanager_thinserver	>= 11.1.0 < 11.1.8	11.1.8
rockwellautomation	thinmanager_thinserver	>= 11.2.0 < 11.2.9	11.2.9
rockwellautomation	thinmanager_thinserver	>= 12.0.0 < 12.0.7	12.0.7
rockwellautomation	thinmanager_thinserver	>= 12.1.0 < 12.1.8	12.1.8
rockwellautomation	thinmanager_thinserver	>= 13.0.0 < 13.0.5	13.0.5
rockwellautomation	thinmanager_thinserver	>= 13.1.0 < 13.1.3	13.1.3
rockwellautomation	thinmanager_thinserver	>= 13.2.0 < 13.2.2	13.2.2

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

→CVE-2024-7988 is remotely exploitable (AV:N) with no authentication required (PR:N) and no user interaction (UI:N) — monitor for unexpected inbound connections to ThinManager ThinServer service ports from untrusted/external hosts. ↗
→Alert on unexpected file overwrites originating from the ThinServer service process, which may indicate exploitation of improper input validation leading to arbitrary file overwrite and RCE with SYSTEM privileges. ↗
→Monitor ThinServer service for anomalous child processes or processes running as SYSTEM that were not expected, as successful exploitation results in arbitrary code execution with System privileges. ↗

·No known public exploitation has been reported as of the advisory publication date; threat hunting should still be prioritised given the CVSS v4 score of 9.3 and network-accessible attack vector. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv4.09.3CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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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