Apache UIMA DUCC command injection

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apache UIMA DUCC. The affected element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in command injection. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2023-28935. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended that the affected component be replaced with an alternative.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apache UIMA DUCC (the affected version is unknown). This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache UIMA DUCC. When using the "Distributed UIMA Cluster Computing" (DUCC) module of Apache UIMA, an authenticated user that has the permissions to modify core entities can cause command execution as the system user that runs the web process. As the "Distributed UIMA Cluster Computing" module for UIMA is retired, we do not plan to release a fix for this issue. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

The weakness was released 03/30/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at lists.apache.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-28935 since 03/28/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/23/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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• Apache

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• UIMA DUCC

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• open-source

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• end of life

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• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/

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