CVE-2024-5471
Published: 17 July 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-5471 is a high-severity Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798) vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Ddi Central. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 8.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Zohocorp ManageEngine DDI Central versions 4001 and prior contain a hard-coded sensitive keys vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-5471 and assigned CWE-798. The flaw enables an agent takeover condition and carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, no required privileges, and required user interaction.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the embedded keys to assume control of managed agents, resulting in full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on affected systems. The requirement for user interaction implies the attacker must induce a victim to perform an action such as visiting a crafted link or opening a malicious resource.
The vendor has published an advisory at https://www.manageengine.com/dns-dhcp-ipam/security-updates/cve-2024-5471.html that addresses the issue for ManageEngine DDI Central. The associated EPSS score remains flat at 0.0722 with no material increase observed after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-46684
Vulnerability details
Zohocorp ManageEngine DDI Central versions 4001 and prior were vulnerable to agent takeover vulnerability due to the hard-coded sensitive keys.
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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.
Enables users to notice when hard-coded credentials have been exploited for unauthorized access.
Security training explicitly warns against hard-coded credentials, lowering their use in systems.
Policy and procedures prohibit hard-coded credentials in favor of managed authentication.
External identity providers eliminate the need for hard-coded credentials in applications.
Changing default authenticators prior to first use and protecting content prevents use of hard-coded credentials.
Central credential stores and rotation policies remove the need for hard-coded credentials in configuration files or code.
Intelligence programs surface reports of campaigns that abuse hard-coded credentials in products, prompting removal or replacement and thereby reducing successful exploitation.
Planned investment enables secure credential storage and management systems instead of hard-coded credentials.