Privilege escalation in Arista Wireless Access Points
| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2024-4578 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-77 |
| Exploitation vector | Local |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software |
Arista Wireless Access Points Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc |
| Vendor | Arista Networks |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
1) Command Injection
EUVDB-ID: #VU109365
Risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-4578
CWE-ID:
CWE-77 - Command injection
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in the CLI. A local user authenticate via SSH to an affected AP as the “config” user can spawn a bash shell and execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges.
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Vulnerable software versionsArista Wireless Access Points: before 13.0.2-28-vv110
CPE2.3 External linkshttps://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisory/19844-security-advisory-0098
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected device in order to exploit this vulnerability.
The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
