CVE-2019-5443 Code injection in curl
An attacker can inject malicious code into a shared path that curl executes with the privileges of the invoking user, leading to privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-5443?
CVE-2019-5443 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Haxx Curl, published on 2 Jul 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
A non-privileged user or program can put code and a config file in a known non-privileged path (under C:/usr/local/) that will make curl <= 7.65.1 automatically run the code (as an openssl "engine") on invocation. If that curl is invoked by a privileged user it can do anything it wants.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5443?
It affects 9 products.
Products include Haxx Curl, Netapp Oncommand Insight, Netapp Oncommand Unified Manager, Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation, Netapp Snapcenter, Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center and 3 more.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5443?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2019-5443 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5443 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Haxx Curl
Sources
Also known as CURL-CVE-2019-5443, GHSA-79v3-h2vf-vcg6.