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  "crds_version": "0.1",
  "kind": "base",
  "id": "crds:cve-2024-8957",
  "revision": 1,
  "title": "PTZOptics cameras — time server setting runs commands as root",
  "summary": "The affected PTZOptics camera firmware (PT30X-SDI, PT30X-NDI) before 6.3.40 does not validate the time server address, so a signed-in attacker gets commands run as root when the client starts.",
  "source_type": "cve",
  "severity": "high",
  "cvss": {
    "score": 7.2,
    "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "version": "3.1"
  },
  "epss": 0.80964,
  "exploitation": {
    "known_exploited": true,
    "exploit_available": true,
    "attack_complexity": "low",
    "kev_added": "2024-11-04",
    "prerequisites": "An authenticated session on the camera — reachable through the companion bypass."
  },
  "remediation": {
    "patch_available": true,
    "fixed_in": [
      "PTZOptics firmware 6.3.40"
    ]
  },
  "mitre_attack": [
    "T1059"
  ],
  "kill_chain": "execution",
  "recommended_action": "Update the camera firmware to 6.3.40 or later now; it is chained with an authentication bypass in the same product, so patch both together.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "provenance": [
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      "source": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8957",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-24T12:03:01.274Z",
      "confidence": "high",
      "extractor": "scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1"
    },
    {
      "fields": [
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        "exploitation.kev_added"
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      "source": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-24T12:03:01.274Z",
      "confidence": "high",
      "extractor": "scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1"
    },
    {
      "fields": [
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      ],
      "source": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-8957",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-24T12:03:01.274Z",
      "confidence": "high",
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        "exploitation.prerequisites"
      ],
      "source": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8957",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-24T12:03:01.274Z",
      "confidence": "high",
      "extractor": "claude-code"
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "cve",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8957",
      "label": "NVD record"
    },
    {
      "type": "cisa",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "label": "CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog"
    },
    {
      "type": "exploit",
      "url": "https://www.labs.greynoise.io/grimoire/2024-10-31-sift-0-day-rce/"
    },
    {
      "type": "writeup",
      "url": "https://vulncheck.com/advisories/ptzoptics-command-injection"
    },
    {
      "type": "writeup",
      "url": "https://www.greynoise.io/blog/greynoise-intelligence-discovers-zero-day-vulnerabilities-in-live-streaming-cameras-with-the-help-of-ai"
    }
  ],
  "published_at": "2024-09-17T21:15:13.423Z",
  "issued_at": "2026-09-24T12:03:01.274Z",
  "tags": [
    "ptzoptics",
    "camera",
    "iot",
    "command-injection",
    "kev"
  ]
}