CVE-2024-9858 Insecure user permissions in Google Cloud Migrate to Containers for Windows
Local attackers can gain administrator privileges due to insecure default permissions for a temporary user in the Windows migration tool.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-9858?
CVE-2024-9858 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Cloud Migrate to Containers, published on 16 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
There exists an insecure default user permission in Google Cloud Migrate to containers from version 1.1.0 to 1.2.2 Windows installs. A local "m2cuser" was greated with administrator privileges. This posed a security risk if the "analyze" or "generate" commands were interrupted or skipping the action to delete the local user “m2cuser”. We recommend upgrading to 1.2.3 or beyond
Weakness: CWE-276
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9858?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Migrate to Containers.
How do I fix CVE-2024-9858?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9858 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-9858 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9858 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hq4j-33fh-gqx4.