CVE-2024-3094

Published Mar 29, 2024

Last updated 3 days ago

Insights

Analysis from the Intruder Security Team
Published Oct 15, 2024

The attack is believed to be a nation-state level attack, and only the rogue developer and groups with which the compromised key has been shared would be able to gain access. As such, it is not likely to be widely exploited.

More information is available in our blog post here.

Overview

Description
Malicious code was discovered in the upstream tarballs of xz, starting with version 5.6.0. Through a series of complex obfuscations, the liblzma build process extracts a prebuilt object file from a disguised test file existing in the source code, which is then used to modify specific functions in the liblzma code. This results in a modified liblzma library that can be used by any software linked against this library, intercepting and modifying the data interaction with this library.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
10
Impact score
6
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
CRITICAL

Weaknesses

secalert@redhat.com
CWE-506

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations

References