CVE-2024-7579 | Alien Technology ALR-F800 up to 19.10.24.00 File Name upgrade.cgi popen uploadedFile os command injection

A vulnerability was found in Alien Technology ALR-F800 up to 19.10.24.00. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function popen of the file /var/www/cgi-bin/upgrade.cgi of the component File Name Handler. The manipulation of the argument uploadedFile leads to os command injection.

This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-7579. The attack can be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

It is recommended to apply restrictive firewalling.