CVE-2024-52336

HighCVSS 7.8

Published: 26/11/2024(UTC)Updated: 26/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 27/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.29%

20th percentile - higher than 20% of all known CVEs

Summary

A script injection vulnerability was identified in the Tuned package. The `instance_create()` D-Bus function can be called by locally logged-in users without authentication, allowing a non-privileged user to pass arbitrary scripts or programs via `script_pre` or `script_post` options, which are then executed by Tuned with root privileges, enabling privilege escalation.

Risk Assessment

The risk is that a local unprivileged attacker can gain full control over the system by executing arbitrary code with root privileges, leading to privilege escalation and potential compromise of the entire system.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Tuned package to a version that fixes this vulnerability and restrict access to the D-Bus interface for unprivileged users through appropriate security policies.

Other vulnerabilities in Tuned

CVE-2024-52337Medium
A log spoofing flaw was found in the Tuned package due to improper sanitization of some API arguments. This flaw allows an attacker to pass a controlled sequence of characters; newlines can be inserted into the log. Instead of the 'evil' the attacker could mimic a valid TuneD log line and trick the administrator.

Original NVD description (English source)

A script injection vulnerability was identified in the Tuned package. The `instance_create()` D-Bus function can be called by locally logged-in users without authentication. This flaw allows a local non-privileged user to execute a D-Bus call with `script_pre` or `script_post` options that permit arbitrary scripts with their absolute paths to be passed. These user or attacker-controlled executable scripts or programs could then be executed by Tuned with root privileges that could allow attackers to local privilege escalation.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS