CVE-2014-8517 Command injection in n/a

What is CVE-2014-8517?

CVE-2014-8517 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 17 Nov 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The fetch_url function in usr.bin/ftp/fetch.c in tnftp, as used in NetBSD 5.1 through 5.1.4, 5.2 through 5.2.2, 6.0 through 6.0.6, and 6.1 through 6.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a | (pipe) character at the end of an HTTP redirect.

Weakness: CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8517?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Netbsd Netbsd.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8517?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2014-8517 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2014-8517 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries.

Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X

• CVE-2014-7169 GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-6271 GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2012-1823 PHP-CGI Query String Parameter Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-30713 Apple macOS Unspecified Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2019-8526 Apple macOS Use-After-Free Exploited High 7.8

All Apple Mac Os X vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8517, GHSA-5gp4-x3wh-cxgj, openSUSE-SU-2024:10306-1.