CVE-2024-9950 Abuse of Unauthenticated Compliance Recheck in SecureConnector
Unauthenticated attackers can modify compliance scripts via insecure temporary directories, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation.
- 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-2024-9950?
CVE-2024-9950 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Forescout SecureConnector, published on 2 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in Forescout SecureConnector v11.3.07.0109 on Windows allows
unauthenticated user to modify compliance scripts due to insecure temporary directory.
Weakness: CWE-379
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9950?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Forescout Secureconnector.
How do I fix CVE-2024-9950?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9950 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-9950 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9950 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Forescout SecureConnector
- CVE-2025-4660 Remote Code Execution in Windows Secure Connector/ HPS Inspection Engine via Insecure Named Pipe Access
- CVE-2023-39374 ForeScout NAC SecureConnector – CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element
- CVE-2016-9485 Privilege escalation in Windows SecureConnector agent
- CVE-2016-9486 Privilege escalation in Windows SecureConnector agent
- CVE-2024-22795 Privilege escalation in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wc69-m7g2-2pcm.