SB20250403128 - Argument injection in XZ Utils
Published: April 3, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB20250403128
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-47611)
CWE-ID: CWE-88 - Argument Injection or Modification
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of arguments passed via command line to the application. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application (e.g. using a command with Unicode characters in a filename) and execute arbitrary OS commands on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.