CVE-2024-7062

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Nimble CommanderNimble Commander0 <= v1.6.0, Build 4087affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-863: CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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