CVE-2023-24064 — Diebold Nixdorf Vynamic Security Suite (VSS) before 3

Diebold Nixdorf Vynamic Security Suite (VSS) before 3.3.0 SR4 fails to validate /etc/initab during the Pre-Boot Authorization (PBA) process. This can be exploited by a physical attacker who is able to manipulate the contents of the system's hard disk.

01What is this vulnerability?

Diebold Nixdorf Vynamic Security Suite (VSS) before 3.3.0 SR4 fails to validate /etc/initab during the Pre-Boot Authorization (PBA) process. This can be exploited by a physical attacker who is able to manipulate the contents of the system's hard disk.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-08-08T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-13T18:44:20.598Z

09References

• www.dieboldnixdorf.com — https://www.dieboldnixdorf.com/en-us/banking/portfolio/software/security/
• media.defcon.org — https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2032/DEF%20CON%2032%20presentations/DEF%20CON…