ScienceLogic SL1: vulnerability flaw under attack

What is affected

ScienceLogic SL1 is mostly run by companies, schools and public bodies, not on home computers. You are unlikely to have it yourself, but organisations that hold your data may. Breaches that start with flaws like this one are how personal data ends up leaked.

ScienceLogic SL1 (formerly EM7) is affected by an unspecified vulnerability involving an unspecified third-party component.

What an attacker can do

This is a vulnerability flaw. It lets an attacker misuse the product in a way its maker did not intend. CISA lists it because attackers are confirmed to be using it against real systems.

How it is reached

Over the internet or network

Access the attacker needs

No account needed

Does the victim have to do something?

No, works without the victim doing anything

What to do

1. At home: nothing to install. Keep your own devices updated and use a different password for every service, so that a breach at one organisation does not open your other accounts.
2. If you administer ScienceLogic SL1 at work: apply the vendor's fix or mitigation now and review logs for signs of compromise, because the flaw was being exploited before it was listed.
3. If the product is past its support date and no fix exists, take it off the internet or retire it.

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Vendor advisories and fixes

• support.sciencelogic.comsupport.sciencelogic.com/s/article/15527

How urgent is it

CISA added this vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on October 21, 2024, which means there is reliable evidence of attacks in the wild. US federal agencies must fix it by November 11, 2024, a deadline that has already passed. That deadline does not bind anyone else, but it shows how seriously the agency rates it.

The EPSS model estimates a 3.8% probability that this flaw will be exploited somewhere in the next 30 days. That is higher than 90% of all scored vulnerabilities.

Its CVSS severity score is 9.3 out of 10 (critical), as recorded in the US National Vulnerability Database.

Technical description

ScienceLogic SL1 (formerly EM7) is affected by an unspecified vulnerability involving an unspecified third-party component packaged with SL1. The vulnerability is addressed in SL1 versions 12.1.3+, 12.2.3+, and 12.3+. Remediations have been made available for all SL1 versions back to version lines 10.1.x, 10.2.x, 11.1.x, 11.2.x, and 11.3.x.