CVE-2024-3507
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 · uneditedImproper privilege management vulnerability in Lunar software that affects versions 6.0.2 through 6.6.0. This vulnerability allows an attacker to perform a secondary process injection into the Lunar application and abuse those rights to access sensitive user information.
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 · moderate confidenceThis is an improper privilege management vulnerability in Lunar software versions 6.0.2 through 6.6.0 that allows attackers to perform secondary process injection into the Lunar application. The injected process can then abuse elevated privileges to access sensitive user information, representing a high-severity privilege escalation and data exposure risk.
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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
- High
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/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 Lunar software installationLocate the Lunar application binary, executable, or service on the system. Common locations include /opt/lunar, /usr/local/lunar, or under Program Files on Windows. Check system services or running processes for a process named 'lunar' or similar.Affected if Lunar software is found installed on the system
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Determine installed Lunar versionRun 'lunar --version' or 'lunar -v' from the command line, or check the version information in the application binary/service properties, configuration files, or package manager listing.Affected if The installed version falls within the range 6.0.2 through 6.6.0 (inclusive)
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Check for process injection capabilityExamine Lunar configuration files for settings related to process execution, spawning of child processes, or plugin/script execution features. Look for entries enabling external process handling or code injection.Affected if Process injection or child process spawning features are enabled in Lunar configuration
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Inspect logs for injection attemptsReview Lunar application logs (typically in /var/log/lunar or within the application data directory) for suspicious process creation events, unexpected child process spawns, or entries indicating external process injection.Affected if Logs contain entries showing unauthorized process injection or unexpected child processes spawned by Lunar
A system is affected if Lunar software versions 6.0.2 through 6.6.0 are installed with process injection features enabled, regardless of whether exploitation has occurred.
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 dataUpgrade Lunar software to a version beyond 6.6.0 where the vulnerability is patched, or implement application-level process injection controls and privilege separation until patching is feasible. Investigate logs for signs of unauthorized process injection attempts.
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