CVE-2024-33849
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedci solution CI-Out-of-Office Manager through 6.0.0.77 uses a Hard-coded Cryptographic Key.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceCI-Out-of-Office Manager through version 6.0.0.77 contains a hard-coded cryptographic key embedded in its source code or configuration. This vulnerability (CWE-798) allows attackers who obtain the key (through code review, binary analysis, or leaks) to decrypt sensitive data, impersonate the application, or forge cryptographic signatures.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the installed version of CI-Out-of-Office ManagerCheck the application version through its built-in about dialog, installation directory metadata, or version information in the executable file properties. On Windows, right-click the main executable, select Properties, and examine the Details tab for File Version or Product Version.Affected if The installed version is 6.0.0.77 or any earlier version of CI-Out-of-Office Manager.
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Locate hard-coded cryptographic keys in configuration filesSearch all configuration files within the application installation directory (such as .config, .xml, .ini, .json, or settings files) for patterns resembling cryptographic keys, including strings labeled as 'key', 'secret', 'password', 'token', or 16/32-character hexadecimal or base64-encoded values that appear static across installations.Affected if A static, non-generated cryptographic key is found embedded in any configuration file.
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Inspect source code for hard-coded keys if accessibleIf the application source code is available, search for hard-coded string literals used in cryptographic operations. Look for assignments where encryption keys, initialization vectors (IV), or salts are defined as literal strings rather than loaded from external secure sources.Affected if Hard-coded cryptographic keys, IVs, or salts are defined as string literals in source code.
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Analyze application binaries for embedded keysUse a hex editor or strings utility (such as 'strings' on Linux or BinText on Windows) to extract printable strings from the application binaries. Search the output for long hexadecimal or base64 strings that could function as cryptographic keys, particularly those appearing repeatedly or labeled with terms like 'key', 'encrypt', or 'crypto'.Affected if Static cryptographic key material is found embedded within the application binary files.
The environment is affected if CI-Out-of-Office Manager version 6.0.0.77 or earlier is installed AND a hard-coded cryptographic key is present in the application's configuration, source code, or binaries.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataReplace the hard-coded key with dynamically retrieved secrets using a secure key management solution (e.g., environment variables, HashiCorp Vault, cloud KMS). Rotate any keys that may have been exposed and apply the vendor patch when available.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-33849 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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