Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-24117

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 02 October 2024

Published
02 October 2024
Modified
13 March 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0057 69.0th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-24117 is a critical-severity Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource (CWE-732) vulnerability in Ruijie Rg-Nbs2009G-P Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 31.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Insecure Permissions vulnerability in Ruijie RG-NBS2009G-P RGOS v.10.4(1)P2 Release (9736) allows a remote attacker to gain privileges via the login check state component.

CWE(s)
CWE-732

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
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T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation Impact
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities that can cause an application or system to crash and deny availability to users.
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Why these techniques?

Insecure permissions in login component enable remote exploitation of public-facing management interface for privilege escalation (T1068, T1190, T1210) and device crash (DoS via T1499.004).

Affected Assets

ruijie
rg-nbs2009g-p firmware
10.4\(1\)p2_release\(9736\)

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

AC-1 Policy and Procedures
addresses: CWE-732

Procedures support proper permission assignment for critical resources through documented controls.

AC-16 Security and Privacy Attributes
addresses: CWE-732

Attribute management for resources provides a mechanism to assign and maintain correct permissions based on security labels.

AC-6 Least Privilege
addresses: CWE-732

Prevents overly permissive assignments to critical resources by limiting to task needs.

AT-1 Policy and Procedures
addresses: CWE-732

Training policy covers correct permission assignment, reducing the ability to exploit incorrect permission assignments for critical resources.

AT-3 Role-based Training
addresses: CWE-732

Training on permission management reduces incorrect permission assignments for critical resources.

AU-9 Protection of Audit Information
addresses: CWE-732

Audit logs and logging tools are critical resources whose protection requires correct permission assignments to block unauthorized actions.

CA-2 Control Assessments
addresses: CWE-732

Assessments review permission assignments on critical resources to confirm correctness, mitigating exploitation via incorrect permissions.

CA-4 Security Certification
addresses: CWE-732

Certification includes checking that permissions on critical resources are correctly assigned.

References