OS command injection in Ivanti Cloud Service Appliance

1) OS Command Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU97119

Risk: Critical

CVSSv4.0: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Red]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8190

CWE-ID: CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote privileged user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild as of September 13 in conjunction with #VU97617 (CVE-2024-8963), which leads to remote unauthenticated code execution.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA): before 4.6 Patch 519

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:ivanti_cloud_services_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Cloud-Service-Appliance-CSA-CVE-2024-8190?language=en_US
https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-Ivanti-CSA-4-6-Cloud-Services-Appliance-CVE-2024-8963

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

Yes. This vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.