VulnerabilityDeferred
CVE-2024-58250
The passprompt plugin in pppd in ppp before 2.5.2 mishandles privileges.
CRITICAL 9.3EPSS 0.22%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.22%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The passprompt plugin in pppd in ppp before 2.5.2 mishandles privileges.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.3 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.22% probability · 13th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-426
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.