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CVE-2024-1488

Unbound: unrestricted reconfiguration enabled to anyone that may lead to local privilege escalation

CVSS 8 HIGHEPSS 0.3%CWE-276
Vexday Risk Score
21Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 8EPSS 0.3%KEV nãoPoC Nuclei Metasploit Patch referenciado
Lifecycle
15 Feb 2024Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
A vulnerability was found in Unbound due to incorrect default permissions, allowing any process outside the unbound group to modify the unbound runtime configuration. If a process can connect over localhost to port 8953, it can alter the configuration of unbound.service. This flaw allows an unprivileged attacker to manipulate a running instance, potentially altering forwarders, allowing them to track all queries forwarded by the local resolver, and, in some cases, disrupting resolving altogether.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

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