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CVE-2024-48990

Date: November 19, 2024

Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by tricking needrestart into running the Python interpreter with an attacker-controlled PYTHONPATH environment variable.

Language: Perl

Severity Score

Related Resources (7)

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-48990
https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48990
https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/fcc9a4401392231bef4ef5ed026a0d7a275149ab
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48990
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2024-48990

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

CWE-427

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

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