CVE-2024-52870
Published: 17 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-52870 is a high-severity Missing Initialization of Resource (CWE-909) vulnerability in Chrismanson (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Ingress Tool Transfer (T1105); ranked at the 23.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-4 (Information Flow Enforcement) and CM-7 (Least Functionality).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Directly addresses the CVE by requiring identification, reporting, and correction of flaws like unintended Chromium Developer Tools functionality via timely patching.
Ensures the Teradata Vantage Editor provides only essential capabilities for SQL access and docs.teradata.com, prohibiting unintended features like Developer Tools.
Enforces information flow control policies restricting the application's outbound connections to only authorized destinations, blocking access to arbitrary remote websites.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Vulnerability exposes dev tools in client app, directly enabling ingress of remote content/tools and exfiltration over web protocols after user-triggered invocation.
NVD Description
Teradata Vantage Editor 1.0.1 is mostly intended for SQL database access and docs.teradata.com access, but provides unintended functionality (including Chromium Developer Tools) that can result in a client user accessing arbitrary remote websites.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2024-52870 is a vulnerability in Teradata Vantage Editor 1.0.1, a client application intended primarily for SQL database access and navigation to docs.teradata.com. The flaw stems from unintended functionality embedded in the software, including Chromium Developer Tools, which allows a client user to bypass restrictions and access arbitrary remote websites. Classified under CWE-909, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N) and was published on 2025-01-17T20:15:28.527.
The attack requires local access to the affected system, low attack complexity, and no privileges, though user interaction is necessary. A local attacker could exploit this by tricking a victim into invoking the exposed Developer Tools or related features within the Vantage Editor. Successful exploitation enables high confidentiality and integrity impacts, such as unauthorized data exposure or manipulation via access to external sites.
Mitigation guidance is available through vendor advisories. Security practitioners should consult Teradata's trust and security center at https://www.teradata.com/trust-security-center/data-security and the detailed analysis at https://chrismanson.com/CVE/cve-2024-52870.html for patches, workarounds, or upgrade recommendations.
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