CVE-2019-18910 Command injection in ThinPro Linux

Medium 6.8 Published 22 Nov 2019 Updated 5 Aug 2024

An attacker can inject commands via the Citrix Receiver wrapper to execute code with local user privileges on HP ThinPro Linux.

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

What is CVE-2019-18910?

CVE-2019-18910 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in HP ThinPro Linux, published on 22 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Citrix Receiver wrapper function does not safely handle user supplied input, which may be leveraged by an attacker to inject commands that will execute with local user privileges.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-18910?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Hp Thinpro.

How do I fix CVE-2019-18910?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-18910 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-2019-18910 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-18910 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8fhp-rwmh-5m74.