CVE-2024-4578
Arista Wireless Access Points SSH Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
This Advisory describes an issue that impacts Arista Wireless Access Points. Any entity with the ability to authenticate via SSH to an affected AP as the “config” user is able to cause a privilege escalation via spawning a bash shell. The SSH CLI session does not require high permissions to exploit this vulnerability, but the config password is required to establish the session. The spawned shell is able to obtain root privileges.
INFO
Published Date :
June 27, 2024, 7:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
June 27, 2024, 7:25 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
6.0
Exploitability Score :
1.7
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2024-4578 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
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CVE-2024-4578.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisory/19844-security-advisory-0098 |
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CVE Received by [email protected]
Jun. 27, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description This Advisory describes an issue that impacts Arista Wireless Access Points. Any entity with the ability to authenticate via SSH to an affected AP as the “config” user is able to cause a privilege escalation via spawning a bash shell. The SSH CLI session does not require high permissions to exploit this vulnerability, but the config password is required to establish the session. The spawned shell is able to obtain root privileges. Added Reference Arista Networks, Inc. https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisory/19844-security-advisory-0098 [No types assigned] Added CWE Arista Networks, Inc. CWE-77 Added CVSS V3.1 Arista Networks, Inc. AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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