CVE-2024-48847 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2024-48847
Vulnerability Scoring

8.2
/10
Severe Risk

Cybersecurity professionals consider CVE-2024-48847 an immediate threat requiring urgent mitigation.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: Low
    Exploits can be performed without significant complexity or special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Network
    Vulnerability is exploitable over a network without physical access.
  • Privileges Required: None
    No privileges are required for exploitation.
  • Scope: Unchanged
    Exploit remains within the originally vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2024-48847 Details

Status: Received on 05 Dec 2024, 13:15 UTC

Published on: 05 Dec 2024, 13:15 UTC

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

cybersecurity@ch.abb.com

CVSS3 Type

Secondary

CVSS3 Vector

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

CVE-2024-48847 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2024-48847: MD5 Checksum Bypass vulnerabilities where found exploiting a weakness in the way an application dependency calculates or validates MD5 checksum hashes.  Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.01; NEXUS Series v3.08.01; MATRIX Series v3.08.01

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2024-48847

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2024-48847 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2024-48847

With low attack complexity and no required privileges, CVE-2024-48847 is an easy target for cybercriminals. Organizations should prioritize immediate mitigation measures to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2024-48847, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2024-48847, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: Low
    CVE-2024-48847 could lead to minor leaks of non-critical information without major privacy breaches.
  • Integrity: High
    CVE-2024-48847 could allow unauthorized modifications to data, potentially affecting system reliability and trust.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2024-48847 does not impact system availability.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

The EPSS score estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the near future.

EPSS Score: 0.091% (probability of exploit)

EPSS Percentile: 41.29% (lower percentile = lower relative risk)
This vulnerability is less risky than approximately 58.71% of others.

CVE-2024-48847 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-328

CAPEC Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification

  • Web Services API Signature Forgery Leveraging Hash Function Extension Weakness CAPEC-461 An adversary utilizes a hash function extension/padding weakness, to modify the parameters passed to the web service requesting authentication by generating their own call in order to generate a legitimate signature hash (as described in the notes), without knowledge of the secret token sometimes provided by the web service.
  • Subvert Code-signing Facilities CAPEC-68 Many languages use code signing facilities to vouch for code's identity and to thus tie code to its assigned privileges within an environment. Subverting this mechanism can be instrumental in an attacker escalating privilege. Any means of subverting the way that a virtual machine enforces code signing classifies for this style of attack.

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