Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-42059

HighRCE

Published: 03 September 2024

Published
03 September 2024
Modified
13 December 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0088 75.9th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-42059 is a high-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Zyxel Zld. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 24.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A post-authentication command injection vulnerability in Zyxel ATP series firmware versions from V5.00 through V5.38, USG FLEX series firmware versions from V5.00 through V5.38, USG FLEX 50(W) series firmware versions from V5.00 through V5.38, and USG20(W)-VPN series firmware versions from…

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V5.00 through V5.38 could allow an authenticated attacker with administrator privileges to execute some OS commands on an affected device by uploading a crafted compressed language file via FTP.

CWE(s)
CWE-78

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

zyxel
zld
5.00 — 5.39 · 5.00 — 5.39 · 5.00 — 5.39

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.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-78

Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

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