Google Cloud Migrate to Containers up to 1.2.2 default permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Google Cloud Migrate to Containers up to 1.2.2. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes default permission. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-9858. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Google Cloud Migrate to Containers up to 1.2.2 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a default permission vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-276. During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

There exists an insecure default user permission in Google Cloud Migrate to containers from version 1.1.0 to 1.2.2 Windows installs. A local "m2cuser" was greated with administrator privileges. This posed a security risk if the "analyze" or "generate" commands were interrupted or skipping the action to delete the local user “m2cuser”. We recommend upgrading to 1.2.3 or beyond

It is possible to read the advisory at cloud.google.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-9858 since 10/11/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/30/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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Class: Default permission
CWE: CWE-276 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
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10/11/2024 🔍
10/16/2024 +5 days 🔍
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07/30/2025 +287 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: cloud.google.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-9858 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-9858
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-280615

Entryinfo

Created: 10/16/2024 11:52
Updated: 07/30/2025 23:38
Changes: 10/16/2024 11:52 (70), 07/30/2025 23:38 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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