CVE-2017-11322 Command injection in n/a

High 8.2 Published Updated

Remote attackers can gain root privileges via command injection in the chroothole_client executable of UCOPIA Wireless Appliances.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-11322?

CVE-2017-11322 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Oct 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The chroothole_client executable in UCOPIA Wireless Appliance before 5.1.8 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via a dollar sign ($) metacharacter in the argument to chroothole_client.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-11322?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ucopia Ucopia Wireless Appliance.

How do I fix CVE-2017-11322?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-11322 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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

Is CVE-2017-11322 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-11322 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6jhw-mv73-wjc2.

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