CVE-2024-28085

Exp

wall in util-linux through 2.40, often installed with setgid tty permissions, allows escape sequences to be sent to other users' terminals through argv. (Specifically, escape sequences received from stdin are blocked, but escape sequences received from argv are not blocked.) There may be plausible scenarios where this leads to account takeover.

Published: 2024-03-27 Last update: 2026-05-12 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-28085 is rated Exploit Available (51.4/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.24%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-28085

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-28085

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 2026-06-15 10.93% 2.24% -8.69%
2 2026-06-02 11.20% 10.93% -0.26%
3 2026-05-22 — 11.20% —

Full EPSS history (48 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-28085

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.3 3.1 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N 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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.8 1.4 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-28085

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-28085

GHSA-px7f-qj7m-m4v6 · Severity: low — wall in util-linux through 2.40, often installed with setgid tty permissions, allows escape...

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-28085

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2024-28085: 1 source package rows (util-linux); 20 state rows across 5 repos (3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 4, open 16. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-28085
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-28085 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (util-linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-28085
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-28085
suse high CVE-2024-28085 severity important: SUSE including 873 source package names (0.0.17-1.1:libuuid1-2.39.3-150600.4.3.1, 0.1.6-1.2:libuuid1-2.39.3-150600.4.3.1, …), 3239 product×package rows across 363 product lines (Container bci/bci-init, Container bci/bci-sle15-kernel-module-devel, … (363 product lines)): Fixed 3038, Known Affected 200, Known Not Affected 1. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-28085/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-28085 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (util-linux), 11 status rows across 11 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 7, needs-triage 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-28085

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-28085

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kernel util-linux >= 2.24, < 2.39.4 cpe:2.3:a:kernel:util-linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-28085

URL Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/27/5 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/27/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/27/7 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/27/8 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/27/9 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/28/1 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/28/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/28/3 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/skyler-ferrante/CVE-2024-28085 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/security/advisories/GHSA-xv2h-c6ww-mrjq Broken Link
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/ Product
https://people.rit.edu/sjf5462/6831711781/wall_2_27_2024.txt Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240531-0003/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/27/5 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/35
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-202008.html
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