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

CVE-2019-19874

High
9.8/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in B&R Industrial Automation APROL before R4.2 V7.08. Some web scripts in the web interface allowed injection and execution of arbitrary unintended commands on the web server, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-16364.

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

CWE-77 - Command Injection

A command injection attack involves injecting an operating system command through the data input, which gets executed on the host operating system with the privileges of the victimized application. The impact of a command injection attack may range from loss of data confidentiality and integrity to unauthorized remote access to the hosting system. The attack may cause serious data breaches and system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published