CVE-2024-48992
needrestart Local Privilege Escalation
Severity Score
7.8
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
-
*KEV
Decision
Track*
*SSVC
Descriptions
Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by tricking needrestart into running the Ruby interpreter with an attacker-controlled RUBYLIB environment variable.
Qualys discovered that needrestart suffers from multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities that allow for root access from an unprivileged user.
*Credits:
Qualys, Thomas Liske, Mark Esler
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:Track*
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2024-10-11 CVE Reserved
- 2024-11-19 CVE Published
- 2024-11-19 CVE Updated
- 2024-11-20 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element
CAPEC
References (3)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48992 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt | Third Party Advisory |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/b5f25f6ec6e7dd0c5be249e4e45de4ee9ffe594f | 2024-11-19 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Needrestart Search vendor "Needrestart" | Needrestart Search vendor "Needrestart" for product "Needrestart" | < 3.8 Search vendor "Needrestart" for product "Needrestart" and version " < 3.8" | en |
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