CVE-2020-36199 Command injection in Kaspersky TinyCheck
Attackers can execute arbitrary commands on Kaspersky TinyCheck servers due to insufficient input validation in multiple parameters.
- 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-2020-36199?
CVE-2020-36199 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Kaspersky TinyCheck, published on 21 Jan 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
TinyCheck before commits 9fd360d and ea53de8 was vulnerable to command injection due to insufficient checks of input parameters in several places.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36199?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Kaspersky Tinycheck.
How do I fix CVE-2020-36199?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36199 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-2020-36199 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36199 in the wild and no public exploit code.