Arbitrary command execution via unsanitized execute input
Published Dec 21, 2022 · Updated Apr 15, 2025
Command injection in abacus-ext-cmdline through 0.0.6-dev.9 allows local users to execute arbitrary OS commands via crafted input. The execute function passes its argument to command execution without neutralizing shell metacharacters, so an ampersand-delimited payload runs an additional command. Exploitation requires a consuming Node.js application to pass attacker-influenced input to the function, and injected commands inherit that application's host permissions.
Summary
What happened
Command injection in abacus-ext-cmdline through 0.0.6-dev.9 allows local users to execute arbitrary OS commands via crafted input. The execute function passes its argument to command execution without neutralizing shell metacharacters, so an ampersand-delimited payload runs an additional command. Exploitation requires a consuming Node.js application to pass attacker-influenced input to the function, and injected commands inherit that application's host permissions.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-24431
- Published
- Dec 21, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 15, 2025
- Vendor
- Cloud Foundry Foundation
- Product
- abacus-ext-cmdline
- Classifications
- CWE-78, T1059.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 21, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Snyk execute-function command-injection proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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