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Improper Access Control

CVE-2024-22807

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

An issue in Tormach xsTECH CNC Router, PathPilot Controller v2.9.6 allows attackers to erase a critical sector of the flash memory, causing the machine to lose network connectivity and suffer from firmware corruption.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published