CVE-2024-6127
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 10.3% (pctl 96)
Patch early
EPSS 10.3% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 10.35% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2024-06-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-07-14 |
References
- 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
- 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
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