CVE-2021-20617 Command injection in acmailer and acmailer DB
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary OS commands or gain administrative privileges in acmailer, leading to potential server compromise.
- 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-2021-20617?
CVE-2021-20617 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Seeds Co.,Ltd. acmailer and acmailer DB, published on 14 Jan 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper access control vulnerability in acmailer ver. 4.0.1 and earlier, and acmailer DB ver. 1.1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute an arbitrary OS command, or gain an administrative privilege which may result in obtaining the sensitive information on the server via unspecified vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-20617?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Acmailer Acmailer, Acmailer Acmailer Db.
How do I fix CVE-2021-20617?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-20617 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-2021-20617 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2021-20617 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.
Other vulnerabilities in Seeds Co.,Ltd. acmailer and acmailer DB
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6456-hr4p-p4pq.