Lenovo XClarity Controller SSH Captive Command Shell Interface os command injection

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Lenovo XClarity Controller. The affected element is an unknown function of the component SSH Captive Command Shell Interface. This manipulation causes os command injection. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-38510. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Lenovo XClarity Controller (version now known). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component SSH Captive Command Shell Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in the SSH captive command shell interface that could allow an authenticated XCC user with elevated privileges to perform command injection via specially crafted file uploads.

The advisory is shared at support.lenovo.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-38510 since 06/18/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/30/2024). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

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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• Lenovo

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• XClarity Controller

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.lenovo.com/

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