# CVE-2024-7062: Local Privilege Escalation in Nimble Commander <= v1.6.0, Build 4087

> Local attackers can escalate privileges to root via insufficient authorization checks in the privileged helper, allowing arbitrary system command execution.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 26 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024

## What is CVE-2024-7062?

CVE-2024-7062 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nimble Commander, published on 26 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Nimble Commander suffers from a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the server (info.filesmanager.Files.PrivilegedIOHelperV2) performing improper/insufficient validation of a client’s authorization before executing an operation. Consequently, it is possible to execute system-level commands as the root user, such as changing permissions and ownership, obtaining a handle (file descriptor) of an arbitrary file, and terminating processes, among other operations.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7062?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mikekazakov Nimble Commander.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7062?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7062 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7062 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7062 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7062 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7062 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nimble Commander, published on 26 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-2024-7062 exists.

Affected product: Nimble Commander. 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-2024-7062/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7062/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7062
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7062
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7062

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7062/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.