iTerm2 up to 3.5.1 Terminal May Report Window Title Setting code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in iTerm2 up to 3.5.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Terminal May Report Window Title Setting. The manipulation results in Remote Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-38395. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in iTerm2 up to 3.5.1. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Terminal May Report Window Title Setting. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote privilege escalation 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:

In iTerm2 before 3.5.2, the "Terminal may report window title" setting is not honored, and thus remote code execution might occur but "is not trivially exploitable."

This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-38395 since 06/16/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 3.5.2 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at iterm2.com. Applying the patch f1e89f78dd72dcac3ba66d3d6f93db3f7f649219 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at gitlab.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iTerm2 3.5.2
Patch: f1e89f78dd72dcac3ba66d3d6f93db3f7f649219

Timelineinfo

06/16/2024 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-38395 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-38395
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-268746

Entryinfo

Created: 06/16/2024 08:51
Updated: 06/18/2025 23:09
Changes: 06/16/2024 08:51 (53), 06/18/2024 15:04 (1), 06/18/2025 23:09 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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