CVE-2024-42365

high-risk
Published 2024-08-08

Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange (PBX) and telephony toolkit. Prior to asterisk versions 18.24.2, 20.9.2, and 21.4.2 and certified-asterisk versions 18.9-cert11 and 20.7-cert2, an AMI user with `write=originate` may change all configuration files in the `/etc/asterisk/` directory. This occurs because they are able to curl remote files and write them to disk, but are also able to append to existing files using the `FILE` function inside the `SET` application. This issue may result in privilege escalation, remote code execution and/or blind server-side request forgery with arbitrary protocol. Asterisk versions 18.24.2, 20.9.2, and 21.4.2 and certified-asterisk versions 18.9-cert11 and 20.7-cert2 contain a fix for this issue.

Do I need to act?

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31.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 68% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.4/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk

Affected Vendors

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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 16/34 · Moderate
Exposure 26/34 · High