CVE-2024-8957

PTZOptics NDI and SDI Cameras Command Injection via NTP Address Configuration

  • High 7.2
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 4 Nov 2024

Description

PTZOptics PT30X-SDI/NDI-xx before firmware 6.3.40 is vulnerable to an OS command injection issue. The camera does not sufficiently validate the ntp_addr configuration value which may lead to arbitrary command execution when ntp_client is started. When chained with CVE-2024-8956, a remote and unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands on affected devices.

Key facts

Published
17 Sep 2024
Last changed
27 Dec 2025
Assigned by
VulnCheck
KEV added
4 Nov 2024
KEV fix due
25 Nov 2024
EPSS
79.84% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.617% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 7.2CVSS 3.1, Highfrom the CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What to do

  • Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.

CAPEC-88 OS Command Injection (CNA impact statement)

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

Read the original CVE record.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
PTZOpticsPT30X-SDI
  • Default status: unaffected
  • 0 up to but excluding 6.3.40 (affected)
PTZOpticsPT30X-NDI
  • Default status: unaffected
  • 0 up to but excluding 6.3.40 (affected)

Timeline

  1. 17 Sep 2024 Published
  2. 4 Nov 2024 CVE-2024-8957 added to CISA KEV
  3. 4 Nov 2024 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

Practice this bug class

HackZoneLabs has a hands-on lab on OS command injection (CWE-78).

References