CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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9.4 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Sentex jhead up to 2.82. This affects the function DoCommand
of the file jhead.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
The DoCommand function in jhead.c in Matthias Wandel jhead 2.84 and earlier allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in unspecified input.
The bug was discovered 10/15/2008. The weakness was presented 10/21/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at bugs.launchpad.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-4641 since 10/21/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/23/2019).
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35781 (Fedora 9 : jhead-2.86-1.fc9 (2009-1776)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165638 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update (SUSE-SR:2009:001)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46093) and Tenable (35781). See 45619, 45239, 45178 and 44655 for similar entries.
Product
Vendor
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Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 35781
Nessus Name: Fedora 9 : jhead-2.86-1.fc9 (2009-1776)
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OpenVAS ID: 63492
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2009-1776 (jhead)
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Timeline
10/15/2008 🔍10/15/2008 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: bugs.launchpad.netStatus: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-4641 (🔍)
X-Force: 46093
Vulnerability Center: 20472 - Matthias Wandel Jhead < 2.84 Local Code Execution Vulnerability via Shell Metacharacters, Medium
SecurityFocus: 31921 - jhead 'DoCommand()' Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 49369 - jhead - 'DoCommand()' Arbitrary Command Execution Issue
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/23/2019 17:11
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (74), 08/23/2019 17:11 (7)
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