SwiftTerm Window Title code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in SwiftTerm. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Window Title Handler. The manipulation results in code injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2022-23465. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SwiftTerm (version unknown). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Window Title Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

SwiftTerm is a Xterm/VT100 Terminal emulator. Prior to commit a94e6b24d24ce9680ad79884992e1dff8e150a31, an attacker could modify the window title via a certain character escape sequence and then insert it back to the command line in the user's terminal, e.g. when the user views a file containing the malicious sequence, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands. Version a94e6b24d24ce9680ad79884992e1dff8e150a31 contains a patch for this issue. There are no known workarounds available.

The weakness was released 12/03/2022 as GHSA-jq43-q8mx-r7mq. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-23465 since 01/19/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Applying the patch a94e6b24d24ce9680ad79884992e1dff8e150a31 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: a94e6b24d24ce9680ad79884992e1dff8e150a31

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01/19/2022 🔍
12/03/2022 +318 days 🔍
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12/25/2022 +22 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-jq43-q8mx-r7mq
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-23465 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-23465
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-214746

Entryinfo

Created: 12/03/2022 08:20
Updated: 12/25/2022 16:45
Changes: 12/03/2022 08:20 (50), 12/25/2022 16:45 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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