Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU29415

OS Command Injection in Artica Proxy - CVE-2020-13159

Published: June 30, 2020 / Updated: July 15, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU29415

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13159

CWE-ID: CWE-78

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

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 Netbios name, Server domain name, dhclient_mac, Hostname or Alias field. A remote authenticated 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.

Affected software

Artica Proxy

How to mitigate CVE-2020-13159

Install updates from vendor's website.

Artica Proxy - update to 4.30.000000

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

Exploit #3467 - CVE-2020-13159 (CVE-2020-13159 - Artica Proxy before 4.30.000000 Community Edition allows OS command injection.) (July 15, 2020)

External References

Related Security Bulletins

Multiple vulnerabilities in Artica Proxy