mikexstudios Xcomic up to 0.8.2 cmd os command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in mikexstudios Xcomic up to 0.8.2. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation of the argument cmd results in os command injection. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2005-10003. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in mikexstudios Xcomic up to 0.8.2. This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument cmd with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 07/20/2005. It is possible to read the advisory at xcomic.mikexstudios.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-10003. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at xcomic.mikexstudios.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 0.8.3 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch 6ed8e3cc336e29f09c7e791863d0559939da98bf is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 2 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

Cleaned up hacking check so that include files must be included. Fixes the register_globals exploit described in: http://xcomic.mikexstudios.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=130

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Vendor

• mikexstudios

Name

• Xcomic

Version

• 0.8.0
• 0.8.1
• 0.8.2

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• open-source

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• end of life

Website

• Product: https://github.com/mikexstudios/xcomic/

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