PT-2024-17751 · Arista · Arista Ng Firewall

Mdisec + 1 · Published 2024-12-19 · Updated 2025-01-03 · CVE-2024-12831

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Arista NG Firewall (affected versions not specified)

Description This issue allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Arista NG Firewall. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this issue. The specific flaw exists within the uvm login module. The issue results from incorrect authorization. An attacker can leverage this to escalate privileges to resources normally protected from the user.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Incorrect Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-12831

ZDI-24-1720

Affected Products

Arista Ng Firewall

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12831 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1720 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12831 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1869929227690107166 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/TheZDIBugs/status/1870236929913966843 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/106211 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/13389 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1869910481764221246 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/105030 · Telegram Post