VDB-266006 · CVE-2024-5246 · GCVE-0-2024-5246

Netgear ProSAFE Network Management System Tomcat privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Netgear ProSAFE Network Management System. It has been declared as very critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Tomcat. Such manipulation leads to Remote Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-5246. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Netgear ProSAFE Network Management System (version now known). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Tomcat. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System Tomcat Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the product installer. The issue results from the use of a vulnerable version of Apache Tomcat. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-22868.

The advisory is available at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-5246 since 05/22/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/30/2025).

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Productinfo

Vendor

Netgear

Name

ProSAFE Network Management System

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.netgear.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.6

VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

05/22/2024 🔍
05/23/2024 +1 days 🔍
05/23/2024 +0 days 🔍
05/30/2025 +372 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: netgear.com

Advisory: zerodayinitiative.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-5246 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-5246
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-266006

Entryinfo

Created: 05/23/2024 07:41
Updated: 05/30/2025 03:31
Changes: 05/23/2024 07:41 (49), 05/30/2025 03:31 (12)
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