Improper access control in Linux Workbooth Distro

published 2024-10-07 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-50030

cvss: 7.0; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
public exploits: 0; none known

Vulnerability in Distro Linux Workbooth v2.5 that allows to escalate privileges to the root user by manipulating the network configuration script.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-10-07)

Exploit prediction

0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Linux Workbooth Linux Workbooth
linux_workbooth linux_workbooth

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

References

incibe.es /en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/improper-access-control-linux-workbooth-distro
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-9576
NVD CVE-2024-9576

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Summary