#VU25547 OS Command Injection in KornShell - CVE-2019-14868

 

#VU25547 OS Command Injection in KornShell - CVE-2019-14868

Published: February 24, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU25547
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14868
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
KornShell
Software vendor:
David Korn

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in the way ksh evaluates certain environment variables . A local user can set a specially crafted environment variable and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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