CVE-2024-0674: Lamassu Bitcoin ATM Douro machines · Improper Privilege Management
Affects Lamassu Bitcoin ATM Douro machinesSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.3 Medium.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 10:12 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 2% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 30 Jan 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Lamassu Bitcoin ATM Douro machines | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
To mitigate this vulnerability, European organizations should implement the following specific measures: 1) Restrict physical and local access to Lamassu Bitcoin ATM Douro machines to authorized personnel only, employing access controls such as locks, surveillance, and tamper-evident seals. 2) Monitor and audit local user activities on the ATM machines to detect unauthorized file modifications, particularly to updatescript.js and the presence of done.txt files. 3) Employ file integrity monitoring solutions to alert on unexpected changes to critical update scripts. 4) Coordinate with Lamassu to obtain and apply any available patches or firmware updates addressing this vulnerability as soon as they are released. 5) If patches are not yet available, consider disabling or restricting the update mechanism temporarily or implementing additional validation checks on update scripts to prevent unauthorized code execution. 6) Segment ATM networks from critical internal networks to limit lateral movement in case of compromise. 7) Train staff on the risks associated with local access vulnerabilities and enforce strict operational security policies around ATM maintenance and updates.
Description
Privilege escalation vulnerability in Lamassu Bitcoin ATM Douro machines, in its 7.1 version, which could allow a local user to acquire root permissions by modifying the updatescript.js, inserting special code inside the script and creating the done.txt file. This would cause the watchdog process to run as root and execute the payload stored in the updatescript.js.