Security Resilience

CVE-2024-7007

Auth Bypass in Positron Tra7005 Firmware 1.20

Published
25 July 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
CVSS Score v4 8.7
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0064 50th percentile
Risk Priority 45 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2024-7007 is a high-severity Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel (CWE-288) vulnerability in Positron Tra7005 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.7 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique External Remote Services (T1133); ranked in the top 50% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-14 (Permitted Actions Without Identification or Authentication) and AC-25 (Reference Monitor) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Positron Broadcast Signal Processor TRA7005 v1.20 is vulnerable to an authentication bypass exploit that could allow an attacker to have unauthorized access to protected areas of the application.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1133 External Remote Services Persistence
Adversaries may leverage external-facing remote services to initially access and/or persist within a network.
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1211 Exploitation for Stealth Stealth
Adversaries may exploit vulnerabilities to evade detection by hiding activity, suppressing logging, or operating within trusted or unmonitored components.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2024-6635Shared CWE-288, CWE-306
CVE-2024-49604Shared CWE-288, CWE-306
CVE-2024-7781Shared CWE-288, CWE-306
CVE-2024-10002Shared CWE-288, CWE-306
CVE-2024-50487Shared CWE-288, CWE-306
CVE-2023-6718Shared CWE-288, CWE-306
CVE-2024-9861Shared CWE-288, CWE-306
CVE-2024-13771Shared CWE-288, CWE-306
CVE-2023-20003Shared CWE-288, CWE-306
CVE-2025-1315Shared CWE-288, CWE-306

Affected Assets

positron
tra7005 firmware
1.20

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 13 hardening rules · 4 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V6.4.3
  • V6.6.1
  • V12.1.3
  • V6.2.3

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Requires a tamperproof, always-invoked reference monitor that structurally blocks bypass via any alternate path.

Enforces authorization checks on every logical access path, eliminating unauthenticated alternate channels.

Directly mandates unique identification and authentication of users before access to functions requiring identity.

Extends the same authentication requirement to non-organizational users accessing critical functionality.

Requires authentication of services before they can invoke or expose critical functions.

Explicitly identifies and limits actions permitted without authentication, preventing critical functions from being exposed.

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.

PR.AA-03 full match
blocks

Requiring authentication on every channel and path directly eliminates alternate-path bypasses.

PR.AA-05 mostly match
blocks

Enforcing authorizations and least privilege across all access vectors prevents unauthenticated alternate paths.

PR.IR-01 mostly match
blocks

Protecting networks and environments from unauthorized logical access blocks bypass via undocumented channels.

PR.AA-01 partial match
blocks

Managing identities and credentials is a prerequisite for authentication but does not itself enforce it on critical functions.

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.

finds

Security testing can detect alternate-path bypasses but does not prevent them in production.

blocks

A.8.3's core (access restriction per policies, config mechanisms, identity/group controls, isolation, dynamic techniques requiring auth/credentials) directly stops exploitation of alternate unauthenticated paths for most instances; the bounded remainder is non-access-channel cases (e.g. pure logic errors in alternate-path checks) or pre-auth bypasses outside its enforcement scope.

blocks

A.8.5 mandates strong, multi-factor, alternate-path-resistant authentication techniques plus hardened log-on procedures that directly block unauthenticated alternate channels for most cases (e.g. no bypass via weak paths, sniffing, or incomplete checks); the bounded remainder is non-standard or environment-specific alternate channels outside the clause's listed protections.

blocks

Access rights provisioning and review prevent bypass via unmonitored or alternate channels.

blocks

Privileged access rights control reduces risk of bypass through elevated or alternate paths.

prevents

Secure coding practices help avoid bypass vulnerabilities but do not address deployed instances.

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` (higher-evidence rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).

Oracle Linux 8 (3 rules)
  • V-248598 There must be no ".shosts" files on the OL 8 operating system. blocks CWE-288
  • V-248827 OL 8 must not have the rsh-server package installed. blocks CWE-288, CWE-306
  • V-248585 OL 8 must require reauthentication when using the "sudo" command. blocks CWE-306
Oracle Linux 9 (2 rules)
  • V-271757 OL 9 file systems must not contain shosts.equiv files. blocks CWE-288
  • V-271758 OL 9 file systems must not contain .shosts files. blocks CWE-288
RHEL 7 (4 rules)
  • V-204440 Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems version 7.2 or newer using Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) must require authentication upon booting into single-user and maintenance modes. blocks CWE-288
  • V-204442 The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must not have the rsh-server package installed. blocks CWE-288, CWE-306
  • V-204424 The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must not allow accounts configured with blank or null passwords. blocks CWE-288
RHEL 8 (2 rules)
  • V-230492 RHEL 8 must not have the rsh-server package installed. blocks CWE-306
  • V-237643 RHEL 8 must require re-authentication when using the "sudo" command. blocks CWE-306

References