Code Injection in Drupal - #VU17064

 

Code Injection in Drupal - #VU17064

Published: January 17, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17064
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 9.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to usage of a vulnerable version of a third-party PEAR Archive_Tar library. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary PHP code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Drupal
drupal7 (Debian package)

Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Drupal - addressed in versions 7.62, 8.5.9, 8.6.6
drupal7 (Debian package) - update to 7.52-2+deb9u6

External References

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