Privilege escalation through sudo misconfiguration
Priority HIGH 73CWE-250Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-250.
Summary
The www-data user can elevate its privileges because sudo is configured to allow the execution of the mount command as root without a password. Therefore, the privileges can be escalated to the root user. The risk has been accepted by the vendor and won't be fixed in the near future.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00721 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image Access GmbH | Scan2Net | up to 7.42B | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Scan2Net VendorImage Access GmbH Affected up to 7.42B Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-28139
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7pg5-v792-9xv2
References
Advisory 1
More Image Access GmbH vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-18718 Violation of Least Privilege Principle CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2024-18719 Cross-site request-forgery in Image Access GmbH Scan2Net CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2024-32190 Stored cross site scripting in Image Access GmbH Scan2Net CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7
- TI-2024-24274 Stored cross site scripting in Image Access GmbH Scan2Net CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7
- TI-2024-24270 Reflected cross site scripting in Image Access GmbH Scan2Net CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7
- TI-2024-18720 Stored cross site scripting in Image Access GmbH Scan2Net CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7
Sources
- CVE-2024-28139 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-28139 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7pg5-v792-9xv2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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