Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure: Remote Code Execution via Argument Injection
CVE-2024-38656 Published on November 13, 2024

Argument injection in Ivanti Connect Secure before version 22.7R2.2 and 9.1R18.9 and Ivanti Policy Secure before version 22.7R1.2 allows a remote authenticated attacker with admin privileges to achieve remote code execution.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2024-38656 is exploitable with network access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
HIGH
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is an Argument Injection Vulnerability?

The software constructs a string for a command to executed by a separate component in another control sphere, but it does not properly delimit the intended arguments, options, or switches within that command string.

CVE-2024-38656 has been classified to as an Argument Injection vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2024-38656

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Affected Versions

Ivanti Connect Secure: Ivanti Policy Secure: ivanti connect_secure: ivanti connect_secure: ivanti automation:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
10.76%
Percentile
93.20%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.