CVE-2024-0394
Rapid7 Minerva Armor Privilege Escalation
Rapid7 Minerva Armor versions below 4.5.5 suffer from a privilege escalation vulnerability whereby an authenticated attacker can elevate privileges and execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privilege. The vulnerability is caused by the product's implementation of OpenSSL'sOPENSSLDIR parameter where it is set to a path accessible to low-privileged users. The vulnerability has been remediated and fixed in version 4.5.5.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Rapid7 Minerva Armor Privilege Escalation
Rapid7 Minerva Armor versions below 4.5.5 suffer from a privilege escalation vulnerability whereby an authenticated attacker can elevate privileges and execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privilege. The vulnerability is caused by the product's implementation of OpenSSL'sOPENSSLDIR parameter where it is set to a path accessible to low-privileged users. The vulnerability has been remediated and fixed in version 4.5.5.
- Record
CVE-2024-0394- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-16190
Rapid7 Minerva Armor versions below 4.5.5 suffer from a privilege escalation vulnerability whereby an authenticated attacker can elevate privileges and execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privilege. The vulnerability is caused by the product's implementation of OpenSSL'sOPENSSLDIR parameter where it is set to a path accessible to low-privileged users. The vulnerability has been remediated and fixed in version 4.5.5.
- Record
EUVD-2024-16190- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5q37-x55w-w66j
Rapid7 Minerva Armor versions below 4.5.5 suffer from a privilege escalation vulnerability...
Rapid7 Minerva Armor versions below 4.5.5 suffer from a privilege escalation vulnerability whereby an authenticated attacker can elevate privileges and execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privilege. The vulnerability is caused by the product's implementation of OpenSSL'sOPENSSLDIR parameter where it is set to a path accessible to low-privileged users. The vulnerability has been remediated and fixed in version 4.5.5.
- Record
GHSA-5q37-x55w-w66j- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Rapid7 Minerva Armor versions below 4.5.5 suffer from a privilege escalation vulnerability whereby an authenticated attacker can elevate privileges and execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privilege. The vulnerability is caused by the product's implementation of OpenSSL'sOPENSSLDIR parameter where it is set to a path accessible to low-privileged users. The vulnerability has been remediated and fixed in version 4.5.5.
- Record
CVE-2024-0394- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-0394 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Mphrx Minerva, published April 3, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.23%, the 14th percentile. No source names a fixed version.