OS Command Injection in OpenSSL - CVE-2022-1292
Published: May 3, 2022 / Updated: February 22, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU62765
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1292
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: OpenSSL Software Foundation
Affected software:
OpenSSL
OpenSSL
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 c_rehash script distributed by some operating systems. A remote attacker with ability to pass data to c_rehash script can and execute arbitrary OS commands with the privileges of the script.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-1292
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20220503.txt
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=1ad73b4d27bd8c1b369a3cd453681d3a4f1bb9b2
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=e5fd1728ef4c7a5bf7c7a7163ca60370460a6e23
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=548d3f280a6e737673f5b61fce24bb100108dfeb