# CVE-2024-41954: FOG Weak file permissions

> Local attackers can read plaintext service account credentials from a world-readable file to create new web application accounts and escalate privileges.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 31 Jul 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pcqm-h8cx-282c

## What is CVE-2024-41954?

CVE-2024-41954 is a medium-severity vulnerability in fogproject, published on 31 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

FOG is a cloning/imaging/rescue suite/inventory management system. The application stores plaintext service account credentials in the "/opt/fog/.fogsettings" file. This file is by default readable by all users on the host. By exploiting these credentials, a malicious user could create new accounts for the web application and much more. The vulnerability is fixed in 1.5.10.41.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41954?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fogproject Fogproject.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-41954?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-41954 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-41954 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-41954 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in fogproject

- [CVE-2025-58443](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-58443/): FOG's authentication bypass leads to full SQL DB dump (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-39914](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39914/): FOG has a command injection in /fog/management/export.php?filename= (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-42348](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42348/): FOG leaks sensitive information (AD domain, username and password) (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2024-40645](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40645/): FOG Authenticated File Upload RCE (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-32243](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32243/): File upload in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-41954 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-41954 is a medium-severity vulnerability in fogproject, published on 31 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-41954 exists.

Affected product: fogproject. 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-2024-41954/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41954/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41954
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41954
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-41954

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41954/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.