OS Command Injection in tree-kill - #VU24227

 

OS Command Injection in tree-kill - #VU24227

Published: January 13, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU24227
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: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: wmhilton
Affected software:
tree-kill

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of values passed to the kill function. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary commands on the target server.

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


Remediation

Update to version 1.2.2.

Sources