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ScreenConnect vulnerability CVE-2024-1709 [CWE-288: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel].
CVE-2024-1709 KEVRansomwarePublic exploit Critical · 10.0 EPSS >99.9%
ConnectWise ScreenConnect Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
ConnectWise · ScreenConnect
Summary
ConnectWise ScreenConnect contains an authentication bypass flaw, classified as using an alternate path or channel, affecting ScreenConnect 23.9.7 and earlier. An attacker who can reach the service over the network, without needing credentials or any user interaction, may be able to gain direct access to confidential information or critical systems.
Official description · NVD
ConnectWise ScreenConnect 23.9.7 and prior are affected by an Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability, which may allow an attacker direct access to confidential information or critical systems.
Priority scorePatchfirst’s 0 to 100 ranking. It adds points for CISA KEV listing, ransomware use, EPSS, threat reports, public exploit code and CVSS. Every CVE page shows the breakdown. Breakdown
83.9 / 100
- Exploited
- Yes, in CISA KEV
- Reports
- 1
- Tactics
- 4/15
How an attack unfolds
Based on MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. mappings. Select a step to see the evidence.How attackers get in
What they do
Exploitation timelineDated milestones for a CVE: when it was disclosed, when exploit code became public, when exploitation was confirmed, and when threat reports named it.
First seen exploited 1 day before it was disclosed. Public exploit code (Metasploit) was available 2 days before disclosure.
- Public exploit codeMetasploit2 days before
- First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence1 day before
- Disclosedday 0
- Added to CISA KEVknown ransomware use; EU database agrees+1 day
CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.
MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. techniques
2 TechniqueOne specific attacker behaviour in MITRE ATT&CK, such as T1190 “Exploit Public-Facing Application”. IDs with a dot, like T1059.004, are sub-techniques., grouped by TacticThe attacker’s goal at a stage of an attack in MITRE ATT&CK, such as Initial Access or Persistence. Each technique belongs to one or more tactics. in kill-chain order, 3 cited passages 2Initial AccessTA0001
Valid Accounts T1078 Medium Confidence (technique links)How sure Patchfirst is that an ATT&CK technique applies to this CVE. High and medium links are shown by default; low ones come from early or generic mappings, text matching, or contradict the CVE’s details. also Persistence, Privilege Escalation, Stealth
AI mapping from the description · primary impact
Bypass grants direct access, equivalent to valid accounts
may allow an attacker direct access to confidential information
Exploit Public-Facing Application T1190 Medium Confidence (technique links)How sure Patchfirst is that an ATT&CK technique applies to this CVE. High and medium links are shown by default; low ones come from early or generic mappings, text matching, or contradict the CVE’s details.
AI mapping from the description · how it is exploited
Authentication bypass via exposed public-facing application; ATT&CK ID T1190 introduces a list containing CVE-2024-1709
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
Exploitation of unpatched software vulnerabilities [T1190] through Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) such as: ScreenConnect vulnerability CVE-2024-1709 [CWE-288: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel].
Detection
3 rules for this CVE · 205 general rules for its techniquesRules for this CVE
3Sigma ruleAn open, vendor-neutral detection rule for log data. Security teams convert Sigma rules into searches for their own SIEM. that reference CVE-2024-1709 directly.General rules for this CVE’s techniques
These detect the technique in general, not this specific vulnerability.
Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1190149 general rules
- Arcadyan Router Exploitationscriticaltest
- Citrix ADS Exploitation CVE-2020-8193 CVE-2020-8195criticaltest
- Citrix Netscaler Attack CVE-2019-19781criticaltest
- Confluence Exploitation CVE-2019-3398criticaltest
- CVE-2010-5278 Exploitation Attemptcriticaltest
- CVE-2020-0688 Exchange Exploitation via Web Logcriticaltest
- CVE-2020-10148 SolarWinds Orion API Auth Bypasscriticaltest
- CVE-2020-5902 F5 BIG-IP Exploitation Attemptcriticaltest
Valid AccountsT107856 general rules
- Win Susp Computer Name Containing Samtheadmincriticaltest
- Account Created And Deleted Within A Close Time Framehightest
- Activity From Anonymous IP Addresshightest
- Atypical Travelhightest
- Azure AD Threat Intelligencehightest
- Azure Subscription Permission Elevation Via AuditLogshightest
- External Remote SMB Logon from Public IPhightest
- Impossible Travelhightest
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What security researchers reported
Named in 1 threat report1 reportCISA
Reports are matched by finding the exact id CVE-2024-1709 in their text; nobody has reviewed the match. One passage is shown per report, at most 320 characters, linked to the original.
Also mentioned in 50 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)
Weaker evidencePulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.
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