Code Injection in Shell-quote - CVE-2016-10541

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU67517

Code Injection in Shell-quote - CVE-2016-10541

Published: September 20, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU67517
CSH Severity: High
CVSSv4.0: 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:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10541
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Shell-quote
Software vendor:
substack

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing the ">" and "<" operator used for redirection in shell. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the system.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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