CVE-2024-28072
Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
A highly privileged account can overwrite arbitrary files on the system with log output. The log file path tags were not sanitized properly.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
A highly privileged account can overwrite arbitrary files on the system with log output. The log file path tags were not sanitized properly.
- Record
CVE-2024-28072- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-25239
A highly privileged account can overwrite arbitrary files on the system with log output. The log file path tags were not sanitized properly.
- Record
EUVD-2024-25239- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vhvm-hvvj-qf99
A highly privileged account can overwrite arbitrary files on the system with log output. The log...
A highly privileged account can overwrite arbitrary files on the system with log output. The log file path tags were not sanitized properly.
- Record
GHSA-vhvm-hvvj-qf99- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A highly privileged account can overwrite arbitrary files on the system with log output. The log file path tags were not sanitized properly.
- Record
CVE-2024-28072- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-28072 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.7) in Solarwinds Serv-u, published May 3, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.64%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.