CVE-2024-32487

less through 653 allows OS command execution via a newline character in the name of a file, because quoting is mishandled in filename.c. Exploitation typically requires use with attacker-controlled file names, such as the files extracted from an untrusted archive. Exploitation also requires the LESSOPEN environment variable, but this is set by default in many common cases.

Published: 2024-04-13 Last update: 2025-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-32487 is rated Moderate Risk (53.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.33%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-32487

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 2026-04-19 0.36% 0.33% -0.03%
2 2025-11-21 0.73% 0.36% -0.38%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.73% —

Full EPSS history (23 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-32487

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.6 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
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.
 1.8 6.0 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-32487

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-32487

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2024-32487: 1 source package rows (less); 4 state rows across 4 repos (3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main); fixed 0, open 4. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-32487
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-32487 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (less), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-32487
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-32487
suse high CVE-2024-32487 severity important: SUSE including 285 source package names (0.0.17-1.1:less-643-150600.3.3.1, 0.1.6-1.2:less-643-150600.3.3.1, …), 631 product×package rows across 379 product lines (Container bci/gcc, Container bci/golang, … (379 product lines)): Fixed 431, Known Affected 200. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-32487/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-32487 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (less), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, mantic, noble, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 8. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-32487

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-32487

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
greenwoodsoftware less <= 653 cpe:2.3:a:greenwoodsoftware:less:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp bootstrap_os — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:bootstrap_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp hci_storage_nodes — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_storage_nodes:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp solidfire — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-32487

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