CVE-2019-2390 Code execution on Windows via OpenSSL engine injection
An unprivileged user can execute arbitrary code by injecting OpenSSL configuration files, affecting MongoDB utility programs on Windows.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-2390?
CVE-2019-2390 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Mongodb Mongodb, published on 30 Aug 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An unprivileged user or program on Microsoft Windows which can create OpenSSL configuration files in a fixed location may cause utility programs shipped with MongoDB server to run attacker defined code as the user running the utility. This issue MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.11; MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.14 and MongoDB Server v3.4 prior to 3.4.22.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2390?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mongodb Mongodb.
How do I fix CVE-2019-2390?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-2390 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2019-2390 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2390 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-59q4-q97g-jqjq.