Wowza Streaming Engine up to 4.8.27+5 reliance on file name or extension of externally-supplied file

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Wowza Streaming Engine up to 4.8.27+5. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in Remote Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-52052. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Wowza Streaming Engine up to 4.8.27+5. This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote privilege escalation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-646. The product allows a file to be uploaded, but it relies on the file name or extension of the file to determine the appropriate behaviors. This could be used by attackers to cause the file to be misclassified and processed in a dangerous fashion. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Wowza Streaming Engine below 4.9.1 permits an authenticated Streaming Engine Manager administrator to define a custom application property and poison a stream target for high-privilege remote code execution.

It is possible to read the advisory at rapid7.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-52052 since 11/05/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 4.9.1 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at wowza.com.

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Class: Reliance on file name or extension of externally-supplied file
CWE: CWE-646
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Streaming Engine 4.9.1

Timelineinfo

11/05/2024 🔍
11/21/2024 +16 days 🔍
11/21/2024 +0 days 🔍
02/27/2025 +98 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: rapid7.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-52052 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-52052
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-285735

Entryinfo

Created: 11/21/2024 21:00
Updated: 02/27/2025 08:17
Changes: 11/21/2024 21:00 (52), 02/27/2025 08:17 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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