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

CVE-2024-12111

High
8/10

Summary

In a specific scenario a LDAP user can abuse the authentication process using injection attack in OpenText Privileged Access Manager that allows authentication bypass. This issue affects Privileged Access Manager version 23.3(4.4); 24.3(4.5)

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • LOW
  • 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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  • Published