CVE-2024-53992 unzip-bot Allows Remote Code Execution (RCE) via archive extraction, password prompt, or video upload
Attackers can execute arbitrary commands via crafted archive names, passwords, or video uploads in the unzip-bot Telegram bot.
- 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-2024-53992?
CVE-2024-53992 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in EDM115 unzip-bot, published on 2 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
unzip-bot is a Telegram bot to extract various types of archives. Users could exploit unsanitized inputs to inject malicious commands that are executed through subprocess.Popen with shell=True. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability using a crafted archive name, password, or video name. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.3a.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53992?
How do I fix CVE-2024-53992?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-53992 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-2024-53992 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53992 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-34cg-7f8c-fm5h.