9.3

CVE-2024-58250: samba ppp Untrusted Search Path

CVSS: 9.3v3.1CriticalDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58250DEBIAN-CVE-2024-58250
Published 22-04-2025Last modified 22-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-58250 is a critical (CVSS 9.3) Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in samba ppp. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.23%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 22-04-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The passprompt plugin in pppd in ppp before 2.5.2 mishandles privileges.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

13%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.23% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.23%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • pppAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.5.2-1+1
Samba1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • pppAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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