CVE-2024-8957
HIGH KEV RANSOMWAREPTZOptics PT30X-SDI/NDI-xx < 6.3.40 - Unauthenticated OS Command Injection via NTP Address Configuration
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
CVE-2024-8957 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added November 4, 2024, with confirmed use in ransomware campaigns.
Description
PTZOptics PT30X-SDI/NDI-xx before firmware 6.3.40 is vulnerable to an OS command injection issue. The camera does not sufficiently validate the ntp_addr configuration value which may lead to arbitrary command execution when ntp_client is started. When chained with CVE-2024-8956, a remote and unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands on affected devices.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
US Government Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-8957
Third Party Advisory
https://www.greynoise.io/blog/greynoise-intelligence-discovers-zero-day-vulnerabilities-in-live-streaming-cameras-with-the-help-of-ai
Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.labs.greynoise.io/grimoire/2024-10-31-sift-0-day-rce/
Release Notes vendor-advisory
https://ptzoptics.com/firmware-changelog/
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
https://vulncheck.com/advisories/ptzoptics-command-injection
Scores
CVSS v3
7.2
EPSS
0.5552
EPSS Percentile
98.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CISA KEV
2024-11-04
VulnCheck KEV
2024-09-17
InTheWild.io
2024-11-04
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2024-49506
Ransomware Use
Confirmed
CWE
CWE-78
Status
published
Products (2)
ptzoptics/pt30x-ndi-xx-g2_firmware
< 6.3.40
ptzoptics/pt30x-sdi_firmware
< 6.3.40
Published
Sep 17, 2024
KEV Added
Nov 04, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026