CVE-2024-9334

High

Published: 27 February 2025

Published

27 February 2025

Modified

15 April 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0005 15.3th percentile

Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-9334 is a high-severity Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798) vulnerability in Gov (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.2 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 15.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and IA-5 (Authenticator Management).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) and 1 other technique. What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.

Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

IA-5 Authenticator Management good match

prevent

Directly addresses hard-coded credentials by requiring proper authenticator management, distribution, protection, and changes from defaults to prevent authentication bypass.

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match

prevent

Enforces approved authorizations for access to information and resources, mitigating storage of sensitive data without access controls that enables unauthorized access.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match

prevent

Mandates identification, reporting, and correction of system flaws like this authentication bypass vulnerability through timely patching to version 17.10.2024.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

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.

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T1078 Valid Accounts Stealth

Adversaries may obtain and abuse credentials of existing accounts as a means of gaining Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, or Defense Evasion.

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Why these techniques?

Hardcoded credentials enable remote unauthenticated auth bypass on a public-facing app (T1190), allowing use of valid accounts for access (T1078).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

NVD Description

Use of Hard-coded Credentials, Storage of Sensitive Data in a Mechanism without Access Control vulnerability in E-Kent Pallium Vehicle Tracking allows Authentication Bypass.This issue affects Pallium Vehicle Tracking: before 17.10.2024.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2024-9334 is a high-severity vulnerability involving the use of hard-coded credentials (CWE-798) and storage of sensitive data in a mechanism without access control (CWE-921) in E-Kent Pallium Vehicle Tracking software. This flaw enables authentication bypass and affects all versions prior to 17.10.2024. Assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N), it highlights network-accessible exploitation with high confidentiality impact and low integrity impact.

A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation allows bypassing authentication controls, potentially granting access to sensitive data stored without proper access restrictions and enabling limited integrity modifications.

The primary advisory is available from the Turkish National Cyber Incident Response Center (USOM) at https://www.usom.gov.tr/bildirim/tr-25-0044, published on 2025-02-27. Mitigation involves updating to Pallium Vehicle Tracking version 17.10.2024 or later, as the issue is resolved in that release.