CVE-2024-53355
Easyvirt Co2Scope ≤ 1.3.0
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2024-53355 is a high-severity Improper Preservation of Permissions (CWE-281) vulnerability in Easyvirt Co2Scope. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data from Local System (T1005); ranked at the 43th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-16 (Security and Privacy Attributes) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2024-53355 consists of multiple incorrect access control issues (CWE-281) in EasyVirt DCScope versions up to and including 8.6.0 and CO2Scope versions up to and including 1.3.0. These vulnerabilities enable unauthorized operations on user, group, and role management through specific API routes, including adding admin users via /api/user/addalias, modifying users via /api/user/updatealias, deleting users via /api/user/delalias, retrieving users via /api/user/aliases, adding root groups via /api/user/adduser, modifying groups via /api/user/updateuser, deleting groups via /api/user/deluser, retrieving groups via /api/user/users, adding admin roles via /api/user/addrole, modifying roles via /api/user/updaterole, deleting roles via /api/user/delrole, and retrieving roles via /api/user/roles.
Remote authenticated attackers with low privileges can exploit these issues over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation grants the ability to fully manipulate the user database, including creating admin accounts, altering privileges, and deleting entities, as well as similar control over groups and roles. The CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) reflects high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially allowing privilege escalation to administrative control.
Advisories and additional details are documented at https://github.com/Elymaro/CVE/blob/main/EasyVirt/CVE-2024-53355.md.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-51954
Vulnerability Data
Multiple incorrect access control issues in EasyVirt DCScope <= 8.6.0 and CO2Scope <= 1.3.0 allows remote authenticated attackers, with low privileges, to (1) add an admin user via the /api/user/addalias route; (2) modifiy a user via the /api/user/updatealias route; (4)…
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delete users via the /api/user/delalias route; (4) get users via the /api/user/aliases route; (5) add a root group via the /api/user/adduser route; (6) modifiy a group via the /api/user/updateuser route; (7) delete a group via the /api/user/deluser route; (8) get groups via the /api/user/users route; (9) add an admin role via the /api/user/addrole route; (10) modifiy a role via the /api/user/updaterole route; (11) delete a role via the /api/user/delrole route; (12) get roles via the /api/user/roles route.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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- 8 hardening rules · 3 OS baselines
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Associating and preserving security attributes (including permissions) with objects reduces the chance they are lost or weakened on copy/restore/share.
Enforcing approved authorizations for access directly stops objects from receiving or retaining less-restrictive permissions than intended.
Least-privilege assignments limit the blast radius when permissions are incorrectly relaxed during copy/restore/share operations.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Enforcing least-privilege permission policies and reviews directly prevents incorrect permission propagation on copy/restore/share operations.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Access-control policy defines how permissions must be preserved when objects are copied or shared.
Access-rights provisioning and review processes directly address the risk of overly permissive copied objects.
Privileged-access management includes rules for maintaining correct permissions on copied or restored data.
Information-access-restriction controls enforce least-privilege permissions that must be preserved during copy/restore operations.
Change-management procedures can require verification that permissions remain intact after modifications or restores.
Configuration baselines can embed permission settings, indirectly reducing the chance of incorrect preservation.
Hardening callouts derived
Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).
Windows Server 2019 (1 rule)
- V-205743 Windows Server 2019 organization created Active Directory Organizational Unit (OU) objects must have proper access control permissions. prevents CWE-281
Windows Server 2022 (2 rules)
- V-254393 Windows Server 2022 Active Directory Group Policy objects must have proper access control permissions. prevents CWE-281
- V-254395 Windows Server 2022 organization created Active Directory Organizational Unit (OU) objects must have proper access control permissions. prevents CWE-281