#VU62608 OS Command Injection in Maven Shared Utils - CVE-2022-29599 

 

#VU62608 OS Command Injection in Maven Shared Utils - CVE-2022-29599

Published: April 26, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU62608
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: CVE-2022-29599
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Maven Shared Utils
Software vendor:
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 when processing double-quoted strings. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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