RCE in Codehaus-Plexus Plexus-Utils
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.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.065 (93.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.065 · newest: 0.065 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Codehaus-Plexus Plexus-Utils
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00011.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-31522 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4149 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4146 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils/commit/b38a1b3a4352303e4312b2bb601a0d7e… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00010.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd55… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2e94f72f53df432302d359fd66cfa9e9efb8d42633d54579a… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce… (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-1000487?
- CVE-2017-1000487 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Codehaus-Plexus Plexus-Utils, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-01-03.
- How severe is CVE-2017-1000487?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-1000487 known to be exploited?
- 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.