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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CVE-2018-1000043

High
9.8/10

Summary

Security Onion Solutions Squert version 1.0.1 through 1.6.7 contains a CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command (OS Command Injection) vulnerability in .inc/callback.php that can result in execution of OS Commands. This attack appear to be exploitable via Web request to .inc/callback.php with the payload in the txdata parameter, used in tx()/transcript(), or the catdata parameter, used in cat(). This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.7.0.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-78 - OS Command Injection

The OS command injection weakness (also known as shell injection) is a vulnerability which enables an attacker to run arbitrary OS commands on a server. This is done by modifying the intended downstream OS command and injecting arbitrary commands, enabling the execution of unauthorized OS commands. This has the potential to fully compromise the application along with all of its data, and, if the compromised process does not follow the principle of least privileges, it may compromise other parts of the hosting infrastructure as well. This weakness is listed as number ten in the 'CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses'.

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  • Published