Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-35429

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 30 May 2024

Published
30 May 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0045 64.2th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-35429 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Zkteco Zkbio Cvsecurity. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data from Local System (T1005); ranked in the top 35.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as Computer Vision; in the Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms risk domain; MITRE ATLAS techniques in scope: AML.T0013.000, Adversarial AI Attack Implementations (AML.T0016.000), AML.T0030.000.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

ZKTeco ZKBio CVSecurity 6.1.1 is vulnerable to Directory Traversal via eventRecord.

CWE(s)
CWE-22CWE-31

AI Security AnalysisAI

AI Category
Computer Vision
Risk Domain
Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms
OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
None mapped
Classification Reason
ZKTeco ZKBio CVSecurity explicitly includes 'CV' indicating Computer Vision, a core AI subcategory used in biometric/security systems for facial recognition and surveillance.

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1005 Data from Local System Collection
Adversaries may search local system sources, such as file systems, configuration files, local databases, virtual machine files, or process memory, to find files of interest and sensitive data prior to Exfiltration.
attack.mitre.org →
T1083 File and Directory Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may enumerate files and directories or may search in specific locations of a host or network share for certain information within a file system.
attack.mitre.org →
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.
attack.mitre.org →
Why these techniques?

Directory traversal via eventRecord in public-facing ZKTeco ZKBio CVSecurity web application enables initial access through exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190), file and directory discovery outside intended paths (T1083), and collection of data from local system files (T1005).

MITRE ATLAS TechniquesAI

MITRE ATLAS techniques

AML.T0013.000AML.T0016.000: Adversarial AI Attack ImplementationsAML.T0030.000AML.T0041.000AML.T0046.000AML.T0050.000AML.T0052.000: Spearphishing via Social Engineering LLM

Affected Assets

zkteco
zkbio cvsecurity
6.1.1

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.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References