CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2024-44097 — According to the researcher: "The TLS connections are encrypted against tampering or eavesdropping

Critical CVSS 9.8

According to the researcher: "The TLS connections are encrypted against tampering or eavesdropping. However, the application does not validate the server certificate properly while initializing the TLS connection. This allows for a network attacker to intercept the connection and read the data. The attacker could the either send the client a malicious response, or forward the (possibly modified) data to the real server."

Severity
Critical
CVSS
9.8 (3.1)
Published
2024-10-02
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-269

Affected products

  • google / nest_doorbell_(battery)_firmware
  • google / nest_cam_(outdoor_or_indoor,_battery)_firmware
  • google / nest_cam_with_floodlight_firmware
  • google / nest_cam_(indoor,_wired)_firmware

Matched remediation archetype

Privilege escalation and unsafe privilege management

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Check exposure

  • Map service accounts, operating-system identities, roles, capabilities, impersonation, set-user transitions, and administrative helper paths.
  • Determine whether untrusted users or lower-privilege processes can reach the affected transition or modify inputs it trusts.
  • Review file, socket, registry, device, job, container, and cloud-role permissions used before and after privilege changes.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the supported fix and redesign privileged operations as a minimal, authenticated, allowlisted interface.
  • Drop privileges before processing untrusted input, verify the drop succeeds, and remove unnecessary roles, capabilities, and write permissions.
  • Validate ownership and permissions at time of use and add explicit lower-to-higher privilege boundary tests.

Authoritative sources

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