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CVE-2024-4578

HIGH
Published 2024-06-27T18:31:06.468Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
8.4
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.002
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.415
Higher than 41.5% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

This Advisory describes an issue that impacts Arista Wireless Access Points. Any entity with the ability to authenticate via SSH to an affected AP as the “config” user is able to cause a privilege escalation via spawning a bash shell. The SSH CLI session does not require high permissions to exploit this vulnerability, but the config password is required to establish the session. The spawned shell is able to obtain root privileges.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Arista Networks

Arista Wireless Access Points

Affected Versions:

13.0.2.x 15.x 16.x
arista

wireless_access_point_firmware

Affected Versions:

13.0.2.x 15.x 16.x

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-wxq3-c3wp-jm5q

Advisory Details

This Advisory describes an issue that impacts Arista Wireless Access Points. Any entity with the ability to authenticate via SSH to an affected AP as the “config” user is able to cause a privilege escalation via spawning a bash shell. The SSH CLI session does not require high permissions to exploit this vulnerability, but the config password is required to establish the session. The spawned shell is able to obtain root privileges.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4578
WEB https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisory/19844-security-advisory-0098

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: June 27, 2024, Modified: June 27, 2024

References

https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisory/19844-security-advisory-0098
Published: 2024-06-27T18:31:06.468Z
Last Modified: 2024-08-01T20:47:41.270Z
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