PaperCut NG/MF up to 23.0.8 on Windows Web Print command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in PaperCut NG and MF up to 23.0.8 on Windows. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Web Print. This manipulation causes command injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-8405. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in PaperCut NG and MF up to 23.0.8 on Windows. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Web Print. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An arbitrary file creation vulnerability exists in PaperCut NG/MF that only affects Windows servers with Web Print enabled. This specific flaw exists within the web-print.exe process, which can incorrectly create files that don’t exist when a maliciously formed payload is provided. This can be used to flood disk space and result in a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. Note: This CVE has been split from CVE-2024-4712.

The weakness was published by Amol Dosanjh. It is possible to read the advisory at papercut.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-8405 since 09/04/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209141 (PaperCut MF < 23.0.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 23.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (209141). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• PaperCut

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• MF
• NG

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• 23.0.0
• 23.0.1
• 23.0.2
• 23.0.3
• 23.0.4
• 23.0.5
• 23.0.6
• 23.0.7
• 23.0.8

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