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CVE-2017-1000487

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Vulnerability Database › maven › CVE-2017-1000487

Critical

CVE-2017-1000487

Plexus-utils before 3.0.16 is vulnerable to command injection because it does not correctly process the contents of double quoted strings.

VectorNETWORK

PublishedJan 03, 2018, 20:29

Published Bycve@mitre.org

Base Score

Score9.8

Affected Versions

Package (Ecosystem)IntroducedFixedLimit

org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils(Maven)03.0.16N/A

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322
https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils/commit/b38a1b3a4352303e4312b2bb601a0d7ec6e28f41
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2e94f72f53df432302d359fd66cfa9e9efb8d42633d54579a4377e62%40%3Cdev.avro.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9584c4304c888f651d214341a939bd264ed30c9e3d0d30fe85097ecf%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00010.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00011.html
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-31522
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4146
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4149

Weakness Type

CWE-78

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

9.8

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base SeverityCritical

Version

3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

NETWORK