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CVE-2024-21840

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-21840 is an Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter versions 04.0.0 through 04.9.2. This flaw allows local users with low privileges to read and write specific files, posing a high risk with a CVSS score of 7.1. The attack vector is local, with low attack complexity, and could lead to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 04.0.0, < 04.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hitachi:storage_plug-in:*:*:*:*:*:vmware_vcenter:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.9HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.0
Impact Score
5.3
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
4.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0014 is in the 18th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

hitachi.com / products/it/software/security/info/vuls/hitachi-sec-2024-108/index.html
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