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Vulnerability Analysis
Xz: malicious code in distributed source

CVE-2024-3094

Malicious code was discovered in the upstream tarballs of xz, starting with version 5.6.0. Through a series of complex obfuscations, the liblzma build process extracts a prebuilt object file from a disguised test file existing in the source code, which is then used to modify specific functions in the liblzma code. This results in a modified liblzma library that can be used by any software linked against this library, intercepting and modifying the data interaction with this library.

Nuclei Template
CVSS Base Score
10.0
CRITICAL
Exploitability:3.9
Impact Score:6.1
Temporal Score:-
EPSS:85.97%

Threat Intelligence Signals

CISA KEV
No
KEV Date Added
Ransomware Use
KEV Due Date
VulnCheck In-the-Wild
No
Nuclei Template
YES
EPSS Score
85.974%
EPSS Percentile
99.7th pct
GitHub Severity
CRITICAL
SSVC Exploitation
None
SSVC Automatable
Yes
Vulnerability Class

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Exploit DB ReferencesNone identified

Affected Products & Versions

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