Advisory Details

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Arista NG Firewall. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the uvm_login module. The issue results from incorrect authorization. An attacker can leverage this to escalate privileges to resources normally protected from the user.

07/03/24 – ZDI reported the vulnerability to the vendor
08/07/24 – the vendor acknowledged the receipt of the report
11/18/24 - ZDI asked for updates
11/21/24 - ZDI asked for updates
12/10/24 - ZDI notified the vendor of the intention to publish the cases as a  0-day advisory

Mitigation: Given the nature of the vulnerability, the only salient mitigation strategy is to restrict interaction with the application

• 2024-07-03 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
• 2024-12-19 - Coordinated public release of advisory
• 2024-12-19 - Advisory Updated