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FKIE_CVE-2024-6127

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-06-27 20:15 - Updated: 2026-07-14 23:17
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://aceresponder.com/blog/exploiting-empire-c2-framework
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://github.com/ACE-Responder/Empire-C2-RCE-PoC
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://github.com/BC-SECURITY/Empire/blob/8283bbc77250232eb493bf1f9104fdd0d468962a/CHANGELOG.md?plain=1#L102
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://vulncheck.com/advisories/empire-unauth-rce
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://aceresponder.com/blog/exploiting-empire-c2-framework
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ACE-Responder/Empire-C2-RCE-PoC
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/BC-SECURITY/Empire/blob/8283bbc77250232eb493bf1f9104fdd0d468962a/CHANGELOG.md?plain=1#L102
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://vulncheck.com/advisories/empire-unauth-rce
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          "packageURL": "pkg:github/BC-SECURITY/Empire",
          "product": "Empire",
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  "lastModified": "2026-07-14T23:17:18.423",
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