OS Command Injection in snmptt - CVE-2020-24361
Published: August 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45738
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-24361
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation, related to EXEC, PREXEC, and unknown_trap_exec. A remote authenticated user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
snmptt
snmptt (Alpine package)
snmptt (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2020-24361
Install updates from vendor's website.
snmptt - update to 1.4.2