CVE-2018-7231 Command injection in Pelco Sarix Professional

Critical 9.8 Published 9 Mar 2018 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Attackers can execute arbitrary commands on Pelco Sarix Professional cameras due to insufficient validation of shell meta characters in the system.opkg.remove parameter.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2018-7231?

CVE-2018-7231 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Schneider Electric SE Pelco Sarix Professional, published on 9 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability exists in Schneider Electric's Pelco Sarix Professional in all firmware versions prior to 3.29.67 which could allow execution of commands due to lack of validation of the shell meta characters with the value of 'system.opkg.remove'.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7231?

It affects 20 products.

Products include Schneider-Electric Ibp1110-1er Firmware, Schneider-Electric Ibp219-1er Firmware, Schneider-Electric Ibp319-1er Firmware, Schneider-Electric Ibp519-1er Firmware, Schneider-Electric Ibps110-1er Firmware, Schneider-Electric Imp1110-1 Firmware and 14 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-7231?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-7231 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-2018-7231 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7231 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3c5c-v4xp-7w7v.