Arbitrary code execution via buffer overflow
Published Jun 4, 2023 · Updated Jan 8, 2025
Buffer overflow in IBM Aspera Connect and Cargo 4.2.5 allows local users to execute arbitrary code through malformed input. IBM has not disclosed the affected component, input format, or bounds-checking operation that permits data to overrun a memory buffer. Local access is required, but no product privilege or user interaction is required; successful exploitation runs code in the affected process context.
Summary
What happened
Buffer overflow in IBM Aspera Connect and Cargo 4.2.5 allows local users to execute arbitrary code through malformed input. IBM has not disclosed the affected component, input format, or bounds-checking operation that permits data to overrun a memory buffer. Local access is required, but no product privilege or user interaction is required; successful exploitation runs code in the affected process context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-27285
- Published
- Jun 4, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 8, 2025
- Vendor
- IBM
- Product
- IBM Aspera Cargo
- Classifications
- CWE-119, T1203
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 4, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 8, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4.2.5
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