SYSTEM code execution via HL7 debug-file injection
Published Aug 9, 2023 · Updated Aug 2, 2024
Command injection in Paessler PRTG Network Monitor 23.2.84.1566 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute code. The HL7 sensor passes attacker-controlled settings as command-line parameters, allowing the -debug option to write a batch file into the Custom Sensors EXE directory for the EXE/Script sensor to run. Write permission to create sensors is required, and successful execution runs the injected batch commands as SYSTEM on the Windows host.
Summary
What happened
Command injection in Paessler PRTG Network Monitor 23.2.84.1566 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute code. The HL7 sensor passes attacker-controlled settings as command-line parameters, allowing the -debug option to write a batch file into the Custom Sensors EXE directory for the EXE/Script sensor to run. Write permission to create sensors is required, and successful execution runs the injected batch commands as SYSTEM on the Windows host.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-32781
- Published
- Aug 9, 2023
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- T1059.003
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 9, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 2, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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