CVE-2026-29124
Published: 05 March 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-29124 is a high-severity Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269) vulnerability in Datacast Sfx2100 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 3.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-6 (Least Privilege) and CM-6 (Configuration Settings).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
AC-6 enforces the principle of least privilege, directly preventing the deployment and use of unnecessary SUID root-owned binaries that enable privilege escalation from the monitor user to root.
CM-7 implements least functionality by configuring systems to disable or prohibit non-essential SUID binaries in user-accessible directories like /home/monitor, mitigating local privilege escalation.
CM-6 requires secure baseline configuration settings, such as removing SUID bits from root-owned binaries in vulnerable paths, to prevent exploitation for root privilege escalation.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Local privilege escalation vulnerability in SUID root binaries directly enables exploitation for privilege escalation from monitor user to root (T1068).
NVD Description
Multiple SUID root-owned binaries are found in /home/monitor/terminal, /home/monitor/kore-terminal, /home/monitor/IDE-DPack/terminal-dpack, and /home/monitor/IDE-DPack/terminal-dpack2 in International Data Casting (IDC) SFX2100 Satellite Receiver, which may lead to local privlidge escalation from the `monitor` user to root
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2026-29124 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the International Data Casting (IDC) SFX2100 Satellite Receiver. It stems from multiple SUID root-owned binaries located in directories such as /home/monitor/terminal, /home/monitor/kore-terminal, /home/monitor/IDE-DPack/terminal-dpack, and /home/monitor/IDE-DPack/terminal-dpack2. These binaries allow improper elevation of privileges from the `monitor` user to root, associated with CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management). The vulnerability received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and was published on 2026-03-05.
An attacker with local access and low privileges, specifically as the `monitor` user, can exploit this vulnerability with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation grants root-level privileges, enabling high-impact compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the affected system.
Mitigation details are available in the referenced advisory at https://www.abdulmhsblog.com/posts/sfx2100-vulns/.
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