OS Command Injection in IBM CICS TX Standard - CVE-2022-33955

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OS Command Injection in IBM CICS TX Standard - CVE-2022-33955

Published: September 27, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU81239
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-33955
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows an attacker with physical access to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. An unauthenticated attacker with physical access can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

IBM CICS TX Standard
IBM CICS TX Advanced

How to mitigate CVE-2022-33955

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM CICS TX Standard - update to 11.1 127636
IBM CICS TX Advanced - update to 11.1.0.0 ifix3

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