01 Record
CVE-2024-23770
darkhttpd through 1.15 allows local users to discover credentials (for --auth) by listing processes and their arguments.
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base score5.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
02 Description
darkhttpd through 1.15 allows local users to discover credentials (for --auth) by listing processes and their arguments.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 14.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2024-01-22 00:00Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-05-30 14:23Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-01-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c94d89eff3f3543c598e5791f2d3eb769aa663fa744081adbdede9468cde716f
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/emikulic/darkhttpd/commit/2b339828b2a42a5fda105ea84934957a7d23e35d
- github.comhttps://github.com/emikulic/darkhttpd/compare/v1.14...v1.15
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20240125 Re: darkhttpd: timing attack and local leak of HTTP basic auth credentialshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/25/1