Unauthenticated account impersonation via null public key
Published Jun 25, 2024 · Updated Aug 1, 2024
Improper authentication in Progress MOVEit Transfer SFTP allows remote attackers to impersonate users through crafted public-key requests. The SFTP server passes attacker-controlled key data to IPWorks SSH as a file path, then caches an empty returned key as successfully authenticated. A valid username is required; the fileless chain injects a key into default logs and permits reading, writing, or deleting that user's files.
Summary
What happened
Improper authentication in Progress MOVEit Transfer SFTP allows remote attackers to impersonate users through crafted public-key requests. The SFTP server passes attacker-controlled key data to IPWorks SSH as a file path, then caches an empty returned key as successfully authenticated. A valid username is required; the fileless chain injects a key into default logs and permits reading, writing, or deleting that user's files.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-5806
- Published
- Jun 25, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 1, 2024
- Vendor
- Progress Software Corporation
- Product
- MOVEit Transfer
- Classifications
- CWE-287, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 25, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 1, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=2023.0.0 <2023.0.11
- Affected versionversion=2023.1.0 <2023.1.6
- Affected versionversion=2024.0.0 <2024.0.2
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- watchTowr CVE-2024-5806.pyfunctional · demonstrated
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