PT-2024-20181 · Alpine · Alpine Halo9

Published 2024-06-21 · Updated 2025-01-23 · CVE-2024-23924

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Alpine Halo9 (affected versions not specified)

Description This issue allows physically present attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Alpine Halo9 devices. Authentication is not required to exploit this issue. The specific flaw exists within the UPDM wemCmdCreatSHA256Hash function, resulting from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this issue to execute code in the context of root. The issue was exploited in real-world incidents, such as the Pwn2Own event, where attackers earned $5,000 and 1 Master of Pwn point.

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

Fix

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-23924

ZDI-24-846

Affected Products

Alpine Halo9

References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-23924 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-846 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23924 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/96462 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/thezdi/status/1882367393990848841 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/thezdi/status/1882329854085144968 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/thezdi/status/1882035861577240978 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1804726980681576696 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/6603 · Telegram Post