Sandboxie 5.26 Sandbox os.system("cmd") py File input validation ⚔ [Disputed]
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Sandboxie 5.26. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part in the library os.system("powershell")/os.system("cmd") of the component Sandbox. Such manipulation as part of py File leads to input validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-18748. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Sandboxie 5.26. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing in the library os.system("powershell")/os.system("cmd") of the component Sandbox. The manipulation as part of a py File leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Sandboxie 5.26 allows a Sandbox Escape via an "import os" statement, followed by os.system("cmd") or os.system("powershell"), within a .py file.
The bug was discovered 10/27/2018. The weakness was disclosed 10/28/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-18748 since 10/27/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment.
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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Product
Name
Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.4
VulDB Base Score: 8.3
VulDB Temp Score: 8.3
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NVD Base Score: 10.0
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CNA Base Score: 10.0
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
10/27/2018 🔍10/27/2018 🔍
10/28/2018 🔍
10/29/2018 🔍
10/29/2018 🔍
08/05/2024 🔍
Sources
Advisory: github.comStatus: Not defined
Disputed: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2018-18748 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-18748
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-126062
Entry
Created: 10/29/2018 16:42Updated: 08/05/2024 18:03
Changes: 10/29/2018 16:42 (57), 04/07/2020 11:23 (1), 08/05/2024 18:03 (29)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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