OpenText Vertica up to 24.x permission assignment

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in OpenText Vertica 10.x/11.x/12.x/23.x/24.x. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to permission assignment. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-6360. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in OpenText Vertica 10.x/11.x/12.x/23.x/24.x. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission assignment vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-732. The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in OpenText™ Vertica could allow Privilege Abuse and result in unauthorized access or privileges to Vertica agent apikey. This issue affects Vertica: from 10.0 through 10.X, from 11.0 through 11.X, from 12.0 through 12.X, from 23.0 through 23.X, from 24.0 through 24.X.

The advisory is shared for download at portal.microfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-6360 since 06/26/2024. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission assignment
CWE: CWE-732 / CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

06/26/2024 🔍
10/02/2024 +98 days 🔍
10/02/2024 +0 days 🔍
10/15/2025 +378 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: portal.microfocus.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-6360 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-6360
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-279064

Entryinfo

Created: 10/02/2024 17:50
Updated: 10/15/2025 03:20
Changes: 10/02/2024 17:50 (67), 10/05/2024 06:04 (1), 10/15/2025 03:20 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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