What is CVE-2024-47191?

CVE-2024-47191 is a high-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2024-10-09.

How severe is CVE-2024-47191?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-47191 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in N/a

CVE-2024-47191

pam_oath.so in oath-toolkit 2.6.7 through 2.6.11 before 2.6.12 allows root privilege escalation because, in the context of PAM code running as root, it mishandles usersfile access, such as by calling fchown in the presence of a symlink.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.003 (25.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-47191?: CVE-2024-47191 is a high-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2024-10-09.
How severe is CVE-2024-47191?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-47191 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.