TI-2022-08748 Aliases CVE-2022-24949

Race condition in Jason Gauci Eternal Terminal

LOW 35CWE-362Published 2022-08-16 · Updated 2024-08-03

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

A privilege escalation to root exists in Eternal Terminal prior to version 6.2.0. This is due to the combination of a race condition, buffer overflow, and logic bug all in PipeSocketHandler::listen().

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0108 65th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed Eternal Terminal (Jason Gauci): 6.2.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Jason Gauci	Eternal Terminal	before 6.2.0	6.2.0	Patch available	CNA

Eternal Terminal VendorJason Gauci Affected before 6.2.0 Fixed in 6.2.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:eternal_terminal_project:eternal_terminal::::::::	before 6.2.0	Vulnerable	Jason Gauci

cpe:2.3:a:eternal_terminal_project:eternal_terminal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 6.2.0 Vulnerable ·Jason Gauci

Remediation

Fix · CNA Eternal Terminal (Jason Gauci) Fixed in 6.2.0

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2022-08-16
Jason Gauci Eternal Terminal 6.2.0
4 records Highest priority Priority LOW 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2022-08749 Race condition in Jason Gauci Eternal TerminalPriority LOW 36
- TI-2022-08751 Improper input validation in Jason Gauci Eternal TerminalPriority LOW 32
- TI-2022-08750 Race condition in Jason Gauci Eternal TerminalPriority LOW 31
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Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-24949

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/metaredteam/external-disclosures/security/advisories/GHSA-hxg8-4r3q-p9rv

Patch 1

https://github.com/MisterTea/EternalTerminal/commit/900348bb8bc96e1c7ba4888ac8480f643c43d3c3

TI-2023-09389 In Eternal Terminal 6.2.1, TelemetryService uses fixed paths in /tmp. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
TI-2022-08749 Race condition in Jason Gauci Eternal Terminal CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2022-23893 In Eternal Terminal 6.2.1, etserver and etclient have world-readable logfiles. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
TI-2022-23892 In Eternal Terminal 6.2.1, etserver and etclient have predictable logfile names in /tmp. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
TI-2022-08751 Improper input validation in Jason Gauci Eternal Terminal CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2022-08750 Race condition in Jason Gauci Eternal Terminal CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0

Sources

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