OS Command Injection in thenify - CVE-2020-7677

 

OS Command Injection in thenify - CVE-2020-7677

Published: June 24, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU29230
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:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7677
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Thenables
Affected software:
thenify

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the "name" argument in "eval" function. A remote unauthenticated attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

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


How to mitigate CVE-2020-7677

Install updates from vendor's website.

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