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Gravityzone CVE-2024-6980

CRITICAL
Error Message Information Leak (CWE-209)
2024-07-31 cve-requests@bitdefender.com
9.2
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: bitdefender
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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A10:2025 - Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions
ASVS 5.0
V16 - Security Logging and Error Handling Error message sanitization
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Discovery

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Impact

CVSS score of 9.2 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, high complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the critical-severity affected system.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity.
No patch listed yet 0.6% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAI

A verbose error handling issue in the proxy service implemented in the GravityZone Update Server allows an attacker to cause a server-side request forgery. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-209. A verbose error handling issue in the proxy service implemented in the GravityZone Update Server allows an attacker to cause a server-side request forgery. This issue only affects GravityZone Console versions before 6.38.1-5 running only on premise. Affected products include: Bitdefender Gravityzone. Version information: before 6.38.1.

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Severity by source

Vendor (bitdefender) PRIMARY 9.2 CRITICAL
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (bitdefender) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: bitdefender

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
High
Vulnerable system: Integrity
High
Vulnerable system: Availability
High
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

A verbose error handling issue in the proxy service implemented in the GravityZone Update Server allows an attacker to cause a server-side request forgery. This issue only affects GravityZone Console versions before 6.38.1-5 running only on premise.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.6%
Top 58% exploitable
Data Quality
2 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity CRITICAL
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.6%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
CRITICAL severity
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

47
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +1
CVSS: +46
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Server-Side Request Forgery exploits applications that fetch remote resources based on user-supplied URLs.

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

cpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:gravityzone:*:*:*:*:on-premises:*:*:*
CVE-2018-8955 CRITICAL POC
9.8 Oct 24

The installer for BitDefender GravityZone relies on an encoded string in a filename to determine the URL for installatio

CVE-2014-5350 MEDIUM POC
5.0 Aug 19

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Bitdefender GravityZone before 5.1.11.432 allow remote attackers to read

CVE-2021-3554 CRITICAL
10.0 Nov 24

Improper Access Control vulnerability in the patchesUpdate API as implemented in Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools for

CVE-2025-2244 CRITICAL
9.5 Apr 04

A vulnerability in the sendMailFromRemoteSource method in Emails.php as used in Bitdefender GravityZone Console unsafely

CVE-2024-4177 CRITICAL
9.8 Jun 06

A host whitelist parser issue in the proxy service implemented in the GravityZone Update Server allows an attacker to ca

CVE-2022-2830 CRITICAL
9.8 Sep 05

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in the message processing component of Bitdefender GravityZone Console a

CVE-2021-3823 CRITICAL
9.8 Oct 28

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the UpdateServer compone

CVE-2021-3960 HIGH
7.8 Dec 16

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the UpdateServer compone

CVE-2022-0677 HIGH
7.5 Apr 07

Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency vulnerability in the Update Server component of Bitdefender Endpoint

CVE-2021-3959 HIGH
7.5 Dec 16

A Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the EPPUpdateService component of Bitdefender Endpoint Security To

CVE-2021-3553 HIGH
7.5 Nov 24

A Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the EPPUpdateService of Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools allows

CVE-2021-3552 HIGH
7.5 Nov 24

A Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the EPPUpdateService component of Bitdefender Endpoint Security To

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