Kibana up to 5.6.14/6.6.0 Timelion Visualizer command injection

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A vulnerability was found in Kibana up to 5.6.14/6.6.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Timelion Visualizer. The manipulation leads to command injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2019-7609. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Kibana up to 5.6.14/6.6.0. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Timelion Visualizer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Kibana versions before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1 contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in the Timelion visualizer. An attacker with access to the Timelion application could send a request that will attempt to execute javascript code. This could possibly lead to an attacker executing arbitrary commands with permissions of the Kibana process on the host system.

The bug was discovered 03/26/2019. The weakness was released 03/25/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at access.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-7609 since 02/07/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

It is declared as attacked. The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 01/10/2022 with a due date of 07/10/2022:

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Upgrading to version 5.6.15 or 6.6.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-132220 and VDB-132222. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Name

• Kibana

Version

• 5.6.0
• 5.6.1
• 5.6.2
• 5.6.3
• 5.6.4
• 5.6.5
• 5.6.6
• 5.6.7
• 5.6.8
• 5.6.9
• 5.6.10
• 5.6.11
• 5.6.12
• 5.6.13
• 5.6.14
• 6.0
• 6.1
• 6.2
• 6.3
• 6.4
• 6.5
• 6.6.0

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• open-source

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