CVE-2024-58250: The passprompt plugin in pppd in ppp before 2.5.2 mishandles privileges.
9.3
CVSS
Description
The passprompt plugin in pppd in ppp before 2.5.2 mishandles privileges.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-58250
CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Problem Types
CWE-426 Untrusted Search PathAffected Products
Vendor: Samba
Product: ppp
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.02% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 3.05% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-05-20 (when was this score calculated)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)
SSVC Exploitation: none
SSVC Technical Impact: total
SSVC Automatable: false
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-58250https://github.com/ppp-project/ppp/commit/0a66ad22e54c72690ec2a29a019767c55c5281fc
https://github.com/ppp-project/ppp/compare/v2.5.1...v2.5.2
https://ppp.samba.org