CVE-2024-6127 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

BC Security Empire before 5.9.3 is vulnerable to a path traversal issue that can lead to remote code execution. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability over HTTP by acting as a normal agent, completing all cryptographic handshakes, and then triggering an upload of payload data containing a malicious path.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.64373.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Bcsecurity	Empire

No data.

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://aceresponder.com/blog/exploiting-empire-c2-framework
https://github.com/ACE-Responder/Empire-C2-RCE-PoC
https://github.com/BC-SECURITY/Empire/blob/8283bbc77250232eb493bf1f9104fdd0d468962a/CHANGELOG.md?plain=1#L102
https://vulncheck.com/advisories/empire-unauth-rce

History

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Bcsecurity Bcsecurity empire
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:bcsecurity:empire::::::::
Vendors & Products		Bcsecurity Bcsecurity empire
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-434

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2024-06-27T19:25:07.516Z

Updated: 2025-09-25T18:24:57.705Z

Reserved: 2024-06-18T15:30:33.541Z

Link: CVE-2024-6127

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:33:04.423Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-06-27T20:15:23.093

Modified: 2025-09-25T19:15:41.863

Link: CVE-2024-6127

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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