CVE-2024-42365 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2024-42365

Asterisk allows `Write=originate` as sufficient permissions for code execution / `System()` dialplan

Vulnerability Description

Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange (PBX) and telephony toolkit. Prior to asterisk versions 18.24.2, 20.9.2, and 21.4.2 and certified-asterisk versions 18.9-cert11 and 20.7-cert2, an AMI user with `write=originate` may change all configuration files in the `/etc/asterisk/` directory. This occurs because they are able to curl remote files and write them to disk, but are also able to append to existing files using the `FILE` function inside the `SET` application. This issue may result in privilege escalation, remote code execution and/or blind server-side request forgery with arbitrary protocol. Asterisk versions 18.24.2, 20.9.2, and 21.4.2 and certified-asterisk versions 18.9-cert11 and 20.7-cert2 contain a fix for this issue.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

asterisk
Vulnerable Versions:
< 18.24.2, >= 19.0.0, < 20.9.2, >= 21.0.0, < 21.4.2, < 18.9-cert11, >= 19.0, < 20.7-cert2

Timeline

Official Publish: August 8th, 2024
Last Modified: November 3rd, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.