CVE-2024-42057 - Command injection

Routine

Remediate Within 6 Months

CVE Information|Basic Analysis|Framework Mapping|Web Framework Mapping|Compliance

CVE Information

Original CVE data

Published: September 3, 2024

Updated: September 3, 2024

A command injection vulnerability in the IPSec VPN feature of Zyxel ATP series firmware versions from V4.32 through V5.38, USG FLEX series firmware versions from V4.50 through V5.38, USG FLEX 50(W) series firmware versions from V4.16 through V5.38, and USG20(W)-VPN series firmware versions from V4.16 through V5.38 could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute some OS commands on an affected device by sending a crafted username to the vulnerable device. Note that this attack could be successful only if the device was configured in User-Based-PSK authentication mode and a valid user with a long username exceeding 28 characters exists.

CWE: CWE-78

CVSS v2-

CVSS v38.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.zyxel.com/global/en/support/security-advisories/zyxel-security-advisory-for-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-firewalls-09-03-2024

Affected Vendors

Basic Analysis

Common vulnerability metrics

Vulnerabilty type as detected by PRIOⁿengine

Command injection

CVSS Scores as calculated by PRIOⁿengine

CVSS v210

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v39.8

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

MITRE CWE Top 25

Vulnerability weakness type is in the top 25 CWEs according to MITRE. View Mitre Top 25 CWEs

Exploits

No exploit code is reported to exist.

Active Exploitation

Vulnerability is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. See the KEV Catalog

Social Network Activity

Threat Actor Activity

No sightings of the vulnerability within threat reports.

Cybersecurity Frameworks

How the vulnerability maps against various cybersecurity frameworks

T1499.004 - Endpoint Denial of Service (Application or System Exploitation)

T1190 - Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1083 - File and Directory Discovery

T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1036 - Masquerading

T1005 - Data from Local System

Compliance Impact

How the submited vulnerability affects compliance

PCI DSS v3.2.1-6.5.1 - Injection Flaws

Web Application Security Frameworks

Applicable if the issue likely affects a web application