Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-32487

High

Published: 13 April 2024

Published
13 April 2024
Modified
17 June 2025
KEV Added
Patch
13 April 2024
CVSS Score v3.1 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0033 56.3th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-32487 is a high-severity Static Code Injection (CWE-96) vulnerability in Greenwoodsoftware Less. Its CVSS base score is 8.6 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 43.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

less through 653 allows OS command execution via a newline character in the name of a file, because quoting is mishandled in filename.c. Exploitation typically requires use with attacker-controlled file names, such as the files extracted from an untrusted archive.…

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Exploitation also requires the LESSOPEN environment variable, but this is set by default in many common cases.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

greenwoodsoftware
less
≤ 653
debian
debian linux
10.0
netapp
bootstrap os
all versions
netapp
hci storage nodes
all versions
netapp
solidfire
all versions

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.

addresses: CWE-96

Eliminates the possibility of static code injection into saved executables by making the storage non-modifiable.

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