CVE-2024-7062 HIGH

CVE-2024-7062: Local Privilege Escalation in Nimble Commander <= v1.6.0, Build 4087

Vendor Nimble Commander
Product Nimble Commander
Weakness CWE-863 · Incorrect authorization
Published July 26, 2024
Last update August 1, 2024

CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Nimble Commander suffers from a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the server (info.filesmanager.Files.PrivilegedIOHelperV2) performing improper/insufficient validation of a client’s authorization before executing an operation. Consequently, it is possible to execute system-level commands as the root user, such as changing permissions and ownership, obtaining a handle (file descriptor) of an arbitrary file, and terminating processes, among other operations.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 26, 2024 CVE published
August 1, 2024 Record updated