Description

darkhttpd through 1.15 allows local users to discover credentials (for --auth) by listing processes and their arguments.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-23770

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 5.5

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products

Vendor: n/a

Product: n/a

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.02% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 4.09% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-16 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: partial

SSVC Automatable: false

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23770
https://github.com/emikulic/darkhttpd/commit/2b339828b2a42a5fda105ea84934957a7d23e35d
https://github.com/emikulic/darkhttpd/compare/v1.14...v1.15
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/25/1

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