CVE-2024-5246 HIGH

CVE-2024-5246: NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System Tomcat Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor Netgear

Product ProSAFE Network Management System

Weakness CWE-1395

Published May 23, 2024

Last update August 1, 2024

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CVSS base score

8.8/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System Tomcat Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the product installer. The issue results from the use of a vulnerable version of Apache Tomcat. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-22868.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 23, 2024 CVE published

August 1, 2024 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5246 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1395.html

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