VDB-276886 · CVE-2024-6979 · GCVE-0-2024-6979

Axis Communications AB AXIS OS 11.11 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Axis Communications AB AXIS OS 11.11. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-6979. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Axis Communications AB AXIS OS 11.11. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Amin Aliakbari, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found a broken access control which would lead to less-privileged operator- and/or viewer accounts having more privileges than designed. The risk of exploitation is very low as it requires complex steps to execute, including knowing of account passwords and social engineering attacks in tricking the administrator to perform specific configurations on operator- and/or viewer-privileged accounts. Axis has released patched AXIS OS a version for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

The advisory is available at axis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-6979 since 07/22/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Axis Communications AB

Name

AXIS OS

Version

11.11

License

free

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

VulDB Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Temp Score: 6.9
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 6.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

07/22/2024 🔍
09/10/2024 +50 days 🔍
09/10/2024 +0 days 🔍
01/14/2026 +491 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: axis.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-6979 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-6979
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-276886

Entryinfo

Created: 09/10/2024 07:44
Updated: 01/14/2026 18:39
Changes: 09/10/2024 07:44 (63), 09/11/2024 08:55 (1), 01/14/2026 18:39 (11)
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