CVE-2024-42365

HIGH

Asterisk < 18.24.2 - Remote Code Execution

Title source: rule

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

metasploit WORKING POC GREAT
rubypocunix
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/misc/asterisk_ami_originate_auth_rce.rb

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4
EPSS 0.3424
EPSS Percentile 96.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Classification

CWE
CWE-1220 CWE-267
Status published

Affected Products (50)

asterisk/asterisk < 18.24.2
asterisk/asterisk
asterisk/certified_asterisk
asterisk/certified_asterisk
asterisk/certified_asterisk
asterisk/certified_asterisk
asterisk/certified_asterisk
asterisk/certified_asterisk
asterisk/certified_asterisk
asterisk/certified_asterisk
asterisk/certified_asterisk
asterisk/certified_asterisk
asterisk/certified_asterisk
asterisk/certified_asterisk
asterisk/certified_asterisk
... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Aug 08, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026