CVE-2017-4961 Command injection in Cloud Foundry Foundation BOSH Release
An authenticated user can inject malicious commands via a crafted checksum to escalate privileges on the BOSH Director VM.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-4961?
CVE-2017-4961 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Cloud Foundry Foundation BOSH Release, published on 13 Jun 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Cloud Foundry Foundation BOSH Release 261.x versions prior to 261.3 and all 260.x versions. In certain cases an authenticated Director user can provide a malicious checksum that could allow them to escalate their privileges on the Director VM, aka "BOSH Director Shell Injection Vulnerabilities."
Weakness: CWE-354
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-4961?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cloud Foundry Bosh.
How do I fix CVE-2017-4961?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-4961 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-2017-4961 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-4961 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cloud Foundry Foundation BOSH Release
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hhx3-g956-h93h.