Command execution via unsanitized terminal title report
Published Mar 28, 2023 · Updated Feb 19, 2025
Command injection in ConEmu through 220807 and Cmder before 1.3.21 allows remote attackers to execute commands through terminal output. The terminal accepts an escape sequence that sets a title containing control characters, then returns that unsanitized title to the active shell as input. Any attacker able to write output to the terminal, including through a remote session or untrusted text, can trigger execution without user interaction.
Summary
What happened
Command injection in ConEmu through 220807 and Cmder before 1.3.21 allows remote attackers to execute commands through terminal output. The terminal accepts an escape sequence that sets a title containing control characters, then returns that unsanitized title to the active shell as input. Any attacker able to write output to the terminal, including through a remote session or untrusted text, can trigger execution without user interaction.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-46387
- Published
- Mar 28, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 19, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-116, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 28, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 19, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- ConEmu terminal title-reporting demonstrationproof of concept · demonstrated
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