# CVE-2024-2224: Privilege Escalation via the GravityZone productManager UpdateServer.KitsManager API (VA-11466)

> Attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw in the UpdateServer component to execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges on GravityZone instances.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2x49-6qmf-g5cq

## What is CVE-2024-2224?

CVE-2024-2224 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Bitdefender Endpoint Security for Linux, published on 9 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (‘Path Traversal’) vulnerability in the UpdateServer component of Bitdefender GravityZone allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable instances. This issue affects the following products that include the vulnerable component: 

Bitdefender Endpoint Security for Linux version 7.0.5.200089
Bitdefender Endpoint Security for  Windows version 7.9.9.380
GravityZone Control Center (On Premises) version 6.36.1

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2224?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Bitdefender Endpoint Security, Bitdefender Gravityzone Control Center.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-2224?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2224 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2224 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2224 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Bitdefender Endpoint Security for Linux

- [CVE-2020-8108](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8108/): Insufficient client validation in Bitdefender Endpoint Security for Mac (VA-8759) (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2024-2223](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2223/): Incorrect Regular Expression in GravityZone Update Server (VA-11465) (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2020-8097](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8097/): Improper authentication vulnerability in Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools and Endpoint Security SDK (VA-8646) (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2025-5317](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5317/): Improper access restriction to critical folder in Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools for Mac (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2224 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2224 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Bitdefender Endpoint Security for Linux, published on 9 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2224 exists.

Affected product: Bitdefender Endpoint Security for Linux. 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-2024-2224/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2224/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2224
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2224
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2224

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2224/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.