Command injection in Zabbix - CVE-2017-2824
Published: May 5, 2017 / Updated: May 16, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6430
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-2017-2824
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Zabbix
Affected software:
Zabbix
Zabbix
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a targeted system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the trapper command function. An attacker can submitt specially crafted packets from an active Zabbix proxy, inject arbitrary commands and execute arbitrary code on the targeted system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution.
Proof-of-concept code demonstrating an exploit of this vulnerability is publicly available.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the trapper command function. An attacker can submitt specially crafted packets from an active Zabbix proxy, inject arbitrary commands and execute arbitrary code on the targeted system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution.
Proof-of-concept code demonstrating an exploit of this vulnerability is publicly available.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-2824
Install update from vendor's website.