# CVE-2024-45179: Command injection in n/a

> Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary OS commands via input validation flaws in the web interface, potentially escalating privileges to root.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 9 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2v34-3hgh-5vvx

## What is CVE-2024-45179?

CVE-2024-45179 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An issue was discovered in za-internet C-MOR Video Surveillance 5.2401 and 6.00PL01. Due to insufficient input validation, the C-MOR web interface is vulnerable to OS command injection attacks. It was found out that different functionality is vulnerable to OS command injection attacks, for example for generating new X.509 certificates, or setting the time zone. These OS command injection vulnerabilities in the script generatesslreq.pml can be exploited as a low-privileged authenticated user to execute commands in the context of the Linux user www-data via shell metacharacters in HTTP POST data (e.g., the city parameter). The OS command injection vulnerability in the script settimezone.pml or setdatetime.pml (e.g., via the year parameter) requires an administrative user for the C-MOR web interface. By also exploiting a privilege-escalation vulnerability, it is possible to execute commands on the C-MOR system with root privileges.

Weakness: CWE-1289 (Improper Validation of Unsafe Equivalence in Input)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45179?

It affects 1 product.


Products: C-Mor C-Mor Video Surveillance.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-45179?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45179 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-45179 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-45179 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2024-45171](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45171/): File upload in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-45173](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45173/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-45175](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45175/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-45170](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45170/): Missing authorization in n/a (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-45174](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45174/): SQL injection in n/a (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-45179 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-45179 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-45179 exists.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2024-45179/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45179/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45179
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45179
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45179

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45179/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.