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

CVE-2024-53672

Medium
4.7/10

Summary

A vulnerability in the ClearPass Policy Manager web-based management interface allows remote authenticated users to run arbitrary commands on the underlying host. Successful exploit could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as a lower privileged user on the underlying operating system.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • LOW
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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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Advisory Timeline

  • Published