Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

published 2024-05-03 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-25239

cvss: 5.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
public exploits: 0; none known

A highly privileged account can overwrite arbitrary files on the system with log output. The log file path tags were not sanitized properly.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

solarwinds serv-u 15.4.2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-05-03)

Exploit prediction

0.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
NVD	3.1	4.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

SolarWinds Serv-U

Classification

Weakness

CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

solarwinds.com /trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2024-28072
vendor-advisory
solarwindscore.my.site.com /SuccessCenter/s/article/Serv-U-15-4-2-Hotfix-1-Release-Notes?language=en_US
release-notes

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-28072
NVD CVE-2024-28072

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Summary