# CVE-2024-13872: Bitdefender Box Insecure Update Mechanism Vulnerability in libboxhermes.so

> An attacker can perform a man-in-the-middle attack on insecure HTTP updates to achieve remote code execution on Bitdefender Box devices.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.4 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 12 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g45m-r7f4-g5c2

## What is CVE-2024-13872?

CVE-2024-13872 is a critical vulnerability in Bitdefender BOX v1, published on 12 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Bitdefender Box, versions 1.3.11.490 through 1.3.11.505, uses the insecure HTTP protocol to download assets over the Internet to update and restart daemons and detection rules on the devices. Updates can be remotely triggered through the /set_temp_token API method. Then, an unauthenticated and network-adjacent attacker can use man-in-the-middle (MITM) techniques to return malicious responses. Restarted daemons that use malicious assets can then be exploited for remote code execution on the device.

Weakness: CWE-319 (Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13872?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bitdefender Box Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13872?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13872 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13872 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13872 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Bitdefender BOX v1

- [CVE-2024-13871](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13871/): Unauthenticated Command Injection in Bitdefender BOX v1 (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2019-12612](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12612/): Code injection in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2019-12611](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12611/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 4.4)
- [CVE-2024-13870](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13870/): Unauthenticated Firmware Downgrade in Bitdefender Box v1 (low 1.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13872 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13872 is a critical vulnerability in Bitdefender BOX v1, published on 12 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13872 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Bitdefender BOX v1. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13872/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13872/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13872
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13872
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13872

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13872/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.