CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-16741

An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In fax/faxq-helper.c, the function do_activate() does not properly sanitize shell metacharacters to prevent command injection. It is possible to use the ||, &&, or > characters within a file created by the "faxq-helper activate " command.

7.2 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4291 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00012.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:mgetty_project:mgetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-09-13 04:29

Updated : 2019-10-03 12:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-16741

Mitre link : CVE-2018-16741

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-78