Command Injection in ps-kill - CVE-2021-23355

 

Command Injection in ps-kill - CVE-2021-23355

Published: March 24, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU51700
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-2021-23355
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: kraftz
Affected software:
ps-kill

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the "kill" function in "index.js" file. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary commands on the target system.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-23355

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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