OS Command Injection in Bitdefender BOX 2 - CVE-2019-17096
Published: January 22, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24477
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-2019-17096
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists within the "get_image_size" function in the bootstrap stage of Bitdefender BOX 2 due to the API method "/api/download_image" unsafely handles the production firmware URL supplied by remote servers. A remote unauthenticated attacker can impersonate a remote nimbus server and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Bitdefender BOX 2
How to mitigate CVE-2019-17096
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.