CVE-2017-16926 Command injection in n/a
Attackers can execute arbitrary code by providing source trees with malicious filenames to Ohcount, impacting users running the tool.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-16926?
CVE-2017-16926 is a critical command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Nov 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Ohcount 3.0.0 is prone to a command injection via specially crafted filenames containing shell metacharacters, which can be exploited by an attacker (providing a source tree for Ohcount processing) to execute arbitrary code as the user running Ohcount.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-16926?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ohcount Project Ohcount.
How do I fix CVE-2017-16926?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2017-16926 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-16926 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16926, GHSA-q7qc-2g57-fg48, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16926.