CVE-2024-39740
Published: 15 July 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-39740 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere (CWE-497) vulnerability in Ibm Datacap. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 34.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-38219
Vulnerability details
IBM Datacap Navigator 9.1.5, 9.1.6, 9.1.7, 9.1.8, and 9.1.9 displays version information in HTTP requests that could allow an attacker to gather information for future attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 296009.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Ongoing reviews detect and remove sensitive system information before it reaches publicly accessible systems.
Employs detection to prevent unauthorized mining of sensitive system information from being exfiltrated to external control spheres.
Documenting where system information is processed and stored prevents exposure to unauthorized control spheres.
The control stops sensitive system information from crossing into unauthorized control spheres through EM emanations.
Authorization and minimization requirements keep PII out of test/research control spheres that often lack production-grade protections.
Documented categorization of system information reduces the chance that sensitive internals are left exposed to unauthorized spheres.
System information is concealed or replaced with decoys, reducing leakage to unauthorized observers.
Ensures sensitive system information is not disclosed outside the intended control sphere through error output.