CVE-2024-8809

published 2024-11-22

CVE-2024-8809: Cohesive Networks VNS3 Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected…

Priority P2 70 high 8.8 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

Cohesive Networks VNS3 Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Cohesive Networks VNS3. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the web service, which listens on TCP port 8000 by default. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-24178.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
cohesive	vns3	>= 4.6.1 < 6.2.8	6.2.8
cohesive	vns3	>= 6.6.0 < 6.6.7	6.6.7
cohesive_networks	vns3	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 8.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v3.0 8.8 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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