CVE-2024-39717
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National Vulnerability Database Information
Description: The Versa Director GUI provides an option to customize the look and feel of the user interface. This option is only available for a user logged with Provider-Data-Center-Admin or Provider-Data-Center-System-Admin. (Tenant level users do not have this privilege). The “Change Favicon” (Favorite Icon) option can be mis-used to upload a malicious file ending with .png extension to masquerade as image file. This is possible only after a user with Provider-Data-Center-Admin or Provider-Data-Center-System-Admin has successfully authenticated and logged in.
CVSS Base Score: 7.2 (v3.1)
The **CVSS Base Score** is a score from **0 to 10** that represents the intrinsic severity of a vulnerability. A higher score indicates greater severity.
0.02.55.07.510.0
Published on: 08/22/2024 19:15:09
Last modified: 10/30/2025 20:40:28
NIST: CVE source from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
CVSS Metrics Details
- Base Severity: HIGH
- Vector String: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector: NETWORK
- Attack Complexity: LOW
- Privileges Required: HIGH
- User Interaction: NONE
- Scope: UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
- Integrity Impact: HIGH
- Availability Impact: HIGH
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Database CWE: v4.18
Fonte: MITRE CWE
FIRST Information
EPSS Score: 0.0518
The **EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System)** is a score from **0 to 1** that indicates the **probability** that a vulnerability will be exploited in the real world in the next 30 days. A higher value indicates a greater likelihood of exploitation.
0.00.250.50.751.0
Percentile: 0.8957
The **Percentile** indicates how much higher this vulnerability's EPSS score is compared to all other vulnerabilities in the EPSS database. For example, a percentile of 0.90 (90%) means that 90% of vulnerabilities have an EPSS score equal to or lower than the current one.
0.00.250.50.751.0
*Data updated as of: 2025-12-25
CISA Information (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)
The **CISA KEV Catalog** lists vulnerabilities that have been **actively exploited in the real world**. If a CVE is present in this catalog, it indicates that the threat is immediate and mitigation should be a top priority.
CVE **CVE-2024-39717** **IS PRESENT** in the CISA KEV Catalog!
- Vulnerability Name: Versa Director Dangerous File Type Upload Vulnerability
- Short Description: The Versa Director GUI contains an unrestricted upload of file with dangerous type vulnerability that allows administrators with Provider-Data-Center-Admin or Provider-Data-Center-System-Admin privileges to customize the user interface. The “Change Favicon” (Favorite Icon) enables the upload of a .png file, which can be exploited to upload a malicious file with a .png extension disguised as an image.
- Date Added to KEV: 08/23/2024
- Vendor/Product: Versa / Director
- Required Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- Due Date: 09/13/2024
Articles published on Red Hot Cyber
Exploit PoC from GitHub
- ahays248/VT_Viz: Interactive 3D visualization of China's Volt Typhoon APT attacking US critical infrastructure. Shows real 72-hour attack chain from CVE-2024-39717 exploit to water/power grid compromise. Based on CISA advisories & Microsoft threat intel.
