Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-7400

Published
27 September 2024
Modified
15 April 2026
CVSS Score v4 8.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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 0.0022 13th percentile
Risk Priority 32 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-7400 is a high-severity Insecure Operation on Windows Junction / Mount Point (CWE-1386) vulnerability in Eset (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Direct Volume Access (T1006); ranked at the 13th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-4 (Information Flow Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

The vulnerability potentially allowed an attacker to misuse ESET’s file operations during the removal of a detected file on the Windows operating system to delete files without having proper permissions to do so.

CWE(s)
CWE-1386

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1006 Direct Volume Access Stealth
Adversaries may directly access a volume to bypass file access controls and file system monitoring.
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T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may circumvent mechanisms designed to control privilege elevation to gain higher-level permissions.
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T1552 Unsecured Credentials Credential Access
Adversaries may search compromised systems to find and obtain insecurely stored credentials.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

Eset
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

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)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

AC-3 Access Enforcement partial match

Enforcing authorizations on file/directory opens structurally blocks access via junctions that escape the intended scope.

AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement partial match

Information-flow rules that validate the final target of a name prevent unintended data access through mount points or junctions.

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.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly prevent improper junction/mount-point handling during design and coding.

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.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing can detect junction/mount-point weaknesses before release.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development lifecycle can mandate junction/mount-point validation during design and coding.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements can explicitly require protection against Windows reparse-point attacks.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure system architecture principles include canonicalization and path-traversal defenses that mitigate junction attacks.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly address safe file/directory handling to prevent insecure junction operations.

A.8.3 Information access restriction none match
mitigates

Information access restriction reduces exposure but does not prevent the technical flaw itself.

References