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

CVE-2023-3739

Medium
6.3/10

Summary

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Chromad in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 115.0.5790.131 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted shell script.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
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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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