CVE-2024-0638 | Privilege escalation in mk_oracle plugins

Least privilege violation in the Checkmk agent plugins mk_oracle, mk_oracle.ps1, and mk_oracle_crs before Checkmk 2.3.0b4 (beta), 2.2.0p24, 2.1.0p41 and 2.0.0 (EOL) allows local users to escalate privileges.

Published: 2024-03-22 Last update: 2024-12-04 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-0638 is rated Low Risk (39.6/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-0638

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
2 2025-11-18 0.06% 0.04% -0.02%
3 2025-08-11 — 0.06% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-0638

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.2 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.5 6.0 [email protected]
6.7 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 0.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-0638

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-0638

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-0638 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (check-mk), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): DNE 6, needs-triage 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-0638

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-0638

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
checkmk checkmk <= 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:b2:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:b3:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:b4:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:b5:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:b6:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:b7:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:b8:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:b9:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p10:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p11:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p12:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p13:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p14:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p15:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p16:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p17:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p18:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p19:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p20:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p21:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p22:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p23:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p24:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p25:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p26:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p27:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p28:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p29:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p30:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p31:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p32:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p33:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p34:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p35:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p36:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p37:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p38:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p39:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p4:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p40:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p5:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p6:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p7:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p8:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:p9:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:b2:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:b3:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:b4:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:b5:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:b6:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:b7:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:b8:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:i1:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:p10:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:p11:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:p12:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:p13:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:p14:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:p15:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:p16:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:p17:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:p18:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:p19:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:p20:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:p21:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:p22:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:p23:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:p4:*:*:*:*:*:*
checkmk checkmk 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:p5:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-0638

URL Tags
https://checkmk.com/werk/16232 Vendor Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence