#VU98496 OS Command Injection in Subversion - CVE-2024-45720
Published: October 14, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU98496
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45720
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Subversion
Subversion
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation
Apache Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation during "best fit" character encoding conversion. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Note, the vulnerability affects Windows installations only.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.