CVE-2019-12491 Command injection in n/a
An attacker with control of one server can execute arbitrary root commands on other servers in the OnApp cloud environment.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-12491?
CVE-2019-12491 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jun 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
OnApp before 5.0.0-88, 5.5.0-93, and 6.0.0-196 allows an attacker to run arbitrary commands with root privileges on servers managed by OnApp for XEN/KVM hypervisors. To exploit the vulnerability an attacker has to have control of a single server on a given cloud (e.g. by renting one). From the source server, the attacker can craft any command and trigger the OnApp platform to execute that command with root privileges on a target server.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12491?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Onapp Onapp.
How do I fix CVE-2019-12491?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-12491 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-2019-12491 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12491 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4hwf-q27j-2mmh.