Exasol 24.2.0 JDBC Driver injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Exasol 24.2.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the component JDBC Driver. This manipulation causes injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-55551. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Exasol 24.2.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component JDBC Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in Exasol jdbc driver 24.2.0. Attackers can inject malicious parameters into the JDBC URL, triggering JNDI injection during the process when the JDBC Driver uses this URL to connect to the database. This can further lead to remote code execution vulnerability.

The advisory is shared at blackhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-55551 since 12/08/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/28/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1055 for this issue.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-54107). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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CNA Base Score: 8.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Injection
CWE: CWE-74 / CWE-707 / CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/08/2024 🔍
03/19/2025 +101 days 🔍
03/19/2025 +0 days 🔍
08/28/2025 +162 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: blackhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-55551 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-55551
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-300085
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2025 14:27
Updated: 08/28/2025 10:59
Changes: 03/19/2025 14:27 (52), 06/30/2025 08:23 (1), 08/28/2025 10:59 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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