egg-scripts up to 2.8.0 Command Line command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in egg-scripts up to 2.8.0 and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Command Line. Executing a manipulation can lead to command injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-3786. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in egg-scripts up to 2.8.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Command Line. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A command injection vulnerability in egg-scripts <v2.8.1 allows arbitrary shell command execution through a maliciously crafted command line argument.

The bug was discovered 08/19/2018. The weakness was disclosed 08/24/2018 (GitHub Repository). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-3786 since 12/27/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.8
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

12/27/2017 🔍
08/19/2018 +234 days 🔍
08/24/2018 +4 days 🔍
08/24/2018 +0 days 🔍
08/25/2018 +1 days 🔍
05/04/2023 +1713 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-3786 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-3786
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-123232

Entryinfo

Created: 08/25/2018 08:42
Updated: 05/04/2023 14:27
Changes: 08/25/2018 08:42 (55), 03/18/2020 08:53 (2), 05/04/2023 14:27 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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