CVE-2024-42365

Asterisk allows `Write=originate` as sufficient permissions for code execution / `System()` dialplan

State
Published
Severity
7.4 High
Published
Aug 8, 2024
Updated
Nov 3, 2025
Reserved
Jul 30, 2024

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Description

Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange (PBX) and telephony toolkit. Prior to asterisk versions 18.24.2, 20.9.2, and 21.4.2 and certified-asterisk versions 18.9-cert11 and 20.7-cert2, an AMI user with `write=originate` may change all configuration files in the `/etc/asterisk/` directory. This occurs because they are able to curl remote files and write them to disk, but are also able to append to existing files using the `FILE` function inside the `SET` application. This issue may result in privilege escalation, remote code execution and/or blind server-side request forgery with arbitrary protocol. Asterisk versions 18.24.2, 20.9.2, and 21.4.2 and certified-asterisk versions 18.9-cert11 and 20.7-cert2 contain a fix for this issue.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.4 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:LGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-267 Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions
  • CWE-1220 Insufficient Granularity of Access Control

Affected Products

ProductVersions
asteriskasterisk
  • < 18.24.2Affected
  • >= 19.0.0, < 20.9.2Affected
  • >= 21.0.0, < 21.4.2Affected
  • < 18.9-cert11Affected
  • >= 19.0, < 20.7-cert2Affected

References

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