Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-55503

LowLPE

Published: 15 January 2025

Published
15 January 2025
Modified
31 January 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0210 84.4th percentile
Risk Priority 8 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-55503 is a low-severity Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426) vulnerability in Termius Termius. Its CVSS base score is 3.3 (Low).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Dylib Hijacking (T1574.004); ranked in the top 15.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue in termius before v.9.9.0 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted script to the DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES component.

CWE(s)
CWE-426

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1574.004 Dylib Hijacking Stealth
Adversaries may execute their own payloads by placing a malicious dynamic library (dylib) with an expected name in a path a victim application searches at runtime.
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Why these techniques?

The vulnerability enables arbitrary code execution in Termius via DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES environment variable, facilitating dylib hijacking (T1574.004).

Affected Assets

termius
termius
≤ 9.9.0

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References