Google Cloud Migrate to Containers Insecure Default Admin User (v1.1.01.2.2)
CVE-2024-9858 Published on October 16, 2024
Insecure user permissions in Google Cloud Migrate to Containers for Windows
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
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-9858 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of 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 very high.
Weakness Type
Incorrect Default Permissions
During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-9858
Want to know whenever a new CVE is published for Google Migrate To Containers? stack.watch will email you.
Affected Versions
Google Cloud Migrate to Containers:- Version 1.1.0, <= 1.2.2 is affected.
- Version 1.1.0, <= 1.2.2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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.