#VU13840 OS command injection in Liferay Enterprise Portal

 

#VU13840 OS command injection in Liferay Enterprise Portal

Published: July 12, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU13840
Vulnerability risk: 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: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Liferay Enterprise Portal
Software vendor:
Liferay

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute shell commands on the target system.

The weakness exists due to OS command injection in SendmailHook when processing of the user’s input data. A remote attacker can inject and execute arbitrary shell commands with root privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.


Remediation

Update to version 7.1 or later.

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