CVE-2024-6127: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in BC Security Empire
BC Security Empire versions prior to 5.9.3 contain a critical path traversal vulnerability that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code. Exploitation requires completing cryptographic handshakes over HTTP and uploading payloads with malicious paths. This vulnerability is identified as CWE-22 and CWE-434 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, indicating critical severity.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2024-6127 is a critical vulnerability in BC Security Empire before version 5.9.3 involving improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory (CWE-22) combined with unsafe file upload handling (CWE-434). An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this over HTTP by acting as a legitimate agent, completing cryptographic handshakes, and uploading payload data with malicious pathnames. This can lead to remote code execution on the affected system. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, reflecting high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system, potentially leading to full system compromise. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability, making it critical for affected deployments.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in BC Security Empire version 5.9.3 and later. Users should upgrade to version 5.9.3 or newer to remediate this vulnerability. Patch status is not explicitly confirmed in the vendor advisory, but the versioning indicates that versions before 5.9.3 are vulnerable and 5.9.3 is the fixed version. Until upgraded, restrict network access to the affected service to trusted users only.
CVE-2024-6127: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in BC Security Empire
Description
BC Security Empire versions prior to 5.9.3 contain a critical path traversal vulnerability that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code. Exploitation requires completing cryptographic handshakes over HTTP and uploading payloads with malicious paths. This vulnerability is identified as CWE-22 and CWE-434 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, indicating critical severity.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.8critical
Affected software
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-6127 is a critical vulnerability in BC Security Empire before version 5.9.3 involving improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory (CWE-22) combined with unsafe file upload handling (CWE-434). An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this over HTTP by acting as a legitimate agent, completing cryptographic handshakes, and uploading payload data with malicious pathnames. This can lead to remote code execution on the affected system. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, reflecting high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system, potentially leading to full system compromise. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability, making it critical for affected deployments.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in BC Security Empire version 5.9.3 and later. Users should upgrade to version 5.9.3 or newer to remediate this vulnerability. Patch status is not explicitly confirmed in the vendor advisory, but the versioning indicates that versions before 5.9.3 are vulnerable and 5.9.3 is the fixed version. Until upgraded, restrict network access to the affected service to trusted users only.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulnCheck
- Date Reserved
- 2024-06-18T15:30:33.541Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a56c3bc68715ace435f3306
Added to database: 07/14/2026, 23:18:20 UTC
Last enriched: 07/21/2026, 23:48:47 UTC
Last updated: 08/18/2026, 10:54:18 UTC
Views: 59
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