CVE-2024-6979 Missing authorization in AXIS OS
Broken access control allows low-privilege users to gain unauthorized privileges, requiring complex social engineering and specific configurations to exploit.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-6979?
CVE-2024-6979 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in AXIS OS, published on 10 Sep 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Amin Aliakbari, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found a broken access control which would lead to less-privileged operator- and/or viewer accounts having more privileges than designed. The risk of exploitation is very low as it requires complex steps to execute, including knowing of account passwords and social engineering attacks in tricking the administrator to perform specific configurations on operator- and/or viewer-privileged accounts. Axis has released patched AXIS OS a version for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6979?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Axis Axis Os 2024.
How do I fix CVE-2024-6979?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6979 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-6979 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6979 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v4c3-j4px-23w3.