Alpine Halo9 UPDM_wemCmdCreatSHA256Hash command injection

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Alpine Halo9. Affected by this vulnerability is the function UPDM_wemCmdCreatSHA256Hash. This manipulation causes command injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-23924. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended that the affected component be replaced with an alternative.

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A vulnerability was found in Alpine Halo9 (affected version not known). It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function UPDM_wemCmdCreatSHA256Hash. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Alpine Halo9 UPDM_wemCmdCreatSHA256Hash Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows physically present attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Alpine Halo9 devices. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the UPDM_wemCmdCreatSHA256Hash function. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-23105

It is possible to read the advisory at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-23924 since 01/23/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/04/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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• Halo9

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