Actively exploited · Published Jun 6, 2024 · Assigned by SolarWinds

CVE-2024-28995SolarWinds Serv-U L Directory Transversal Vulnerability

High 8.6 Exploited

In plain English

A high-severity path traversal in SolarWinds Serv-U from SolarWinds. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on July 17, 2024). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 99.6% (higher than 99.9% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, Nuclei, public proof-of-concept code. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.6High
Exploit odds (30 days)99.6%top 0.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Jul 17, 2024
Attack tooling3Metasploit, Nuclei, Public PoC

CISA guidance

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Federal agencies must remediate by Aug 7, 2024.

Official description

SolarWinds Serv-U was susceptible to a directory transversal vulnerability that would allow access to read sensitive files on the host machine.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
SolarWinds SolarWinds Serv-U 15.4.2 HF 1 and previous versions

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

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