CVE-2024-7062

HIGH

Nimble Commander < 1.6.1 - Privilege Escalation via Files.PrivilegedIOHelperV2

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Nimble Commander suffers from a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the server (info.filesmanager.Files.PrivilegedIOHelperV2) performing improper/insufficient validation of a client’s authorization before executing an operation. Consequently, it is possible to execute system-level commands as the root user, such as changing permissions and ownership, obtaining a handle (file descriptor) of an arbitrary file, and terminating processes, among other operations.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
https://pentraze.com/vulnerability-reports/CVE-2024-7062/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 15.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-863
Status published
Products (1)
mikekazakov/nimble_commander < 1.6.1
Published Jul 26, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026