PT-2024-37243 · Dropbox · Dropbox Desktop

Gothburz + 1 · Published 2024-06-13 · Updated 2024-11-23 · CVE-2024-5924

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Dropbox Desktop (affected versions not specified)

Description: This issue allows remote attackers to bypass the Mark-of-the-Web protection mechanism on affected installations of Dropbox Desktop. User interaction is required to exploit this issue, where the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of shared folders. When syncing files from a shared folder belonging to an untrusted account, the Dropbox desktop application does not apply the Mark-of-the-Web to the local files. An attacker can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.

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

Fix

Protection Mechanism Failure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-693

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-5924

ZDI-24-677

Affected Products

Dropbox Desktop

References · 8

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-677 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5924 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5924 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/UndercodeNews/status/1860143953645044134 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1801347530921546024 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/TheZDIBugs/status/1801345806206689363 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/102400 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CveFindCom/status/1801344464855720013 · Twitter Post