CVE-2024-55577

Arbitrary code execution via crafted source file

Published Jan 15, 2025 · Updated Jan 15, 2025

Stack-based buffer overflow in The Dimensional Gate Linux Ratfor 1.06 and earlier allows attackers to execute code via a crafted source file. The developer and JPCERT/CC have not disclosed the affected parser routine or the unsafe operation that overruns its stack buffer. Exploitation requires a user to process attacker-supplied Ratfor source, after which code runs in that user's context and can read or alter data or interrupt the environment.

CVSS severity7.0
High
EPSS probability0.26%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Stack-based buffer overflow in The Dimensional Gate Linux Ratfor 1.06 and earlier allows attackers to execute code via a crafted source file. The developer and JPCERT/CC have not disclosed the affected parser routine or the unsafe operation that overruns its stack buffer. Exploitation requires a user to process attacker-supplied Ratfor source, after which code runs in that user's context and can read or alter data or interrupt the environment.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-55577
Published
Jan 15, 2025
Updated
Jan 15, 2025
Vendor
The Dimensional Gate
Product
Linux Ratfor
Classifications
CWE-121, T1204.002
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jan 15, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jan 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=1.06 and earlier

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

The Dimensional Gate · Linux Ratforversion=1.06 and earlier

Published CVSS scores

7.0JPCERT/CCCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-121Stack-based Buffer Overflow
T1204.002Malicious File

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