CVE-2024-27165 Local Privilege Escalation
A local attacker can exploit a suidperl binary in Toshiba printers to gain root privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-27165?
CVE-2024-27165 is a high-severity vulnerability in Toshiba Tec e-Studio multi-function peripheral (MFP), published on 14 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Toshiba printers contain a suidperl binary and it has a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability. A local attacker can get root privileges. As for the affected products/models/versions, see the reference URL.
Weakness: CWE-272
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27165?
How do I fix CVE-2024-27165?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-27165 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-27165 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27165 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9242-g69w-gf26.