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 v4.0: 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:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000487
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Codehaus
Affected software:
Codehaus plexus-utils

Detailed vulnerability description

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.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-1000487

Update to version 3.0.16 or later.

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