CVE-2024-43812 Kieback&Peter DDC4000 Series Path Traversal Insufficiently Protected Credentials
An unauthenticated attacker can read system password hashes from /etc/passwd on Kieback&Peter DDC4000 series controllers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-43812?
CVE-2024-43812 is a high-severity vulnerability in Kieback&Peter DDC4002, published on 22 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Kieback & Peter's DDC4000 series has an insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability, which may allow an unauthenticated attacker with access to /etc/passwd to read the password hashes of all users on the system.
Weakness: CWE-522
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-43812?
How do I fix CVE-2024-43812?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-43812 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-43812 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-43812 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qvxh-rxm2-vq3p.