Command injection in Codehaus plexus-utils - CVE-2017-1000487

 

Command injection in Codehaus plexus-utils - CVE-2017-1000487

Published: March 23, 2018 / Updated: April 15, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11236
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000487
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The weakness exists due to command injection when mishandling of double quoted strings. A remote attacker can submit specially crafted web content, inject and execute arbitrary commands.

Affected software

Codehaus plexus-utils
Debian Linux
IBM Netezza Analytics
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
PowerStore X
PowerStore T
MobileFirst Platform

How to mitigate CVE-2017-1000487

Update to version 3.0.16 or later.

Codehaus plexus-utils - update to 3.0.16
IBM Netezza Analytics - update to 3.4.1
PowerStore X - update to 3.2.1.0-1989710
PowerStore T - update to 3.2.1.0-1989710
MobileFirst Platform - update to 8.0.0.0-MFPF-IF202301121031

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