RCE in Ohcount Project

CVE-2017-16926

Ohcount 3.0.0 is prone to a command injection via specially crafted filenames containing shell metacharacters, which can be exploited by an attacker (providing a source tree for Ohcount processing) to execute arbitrary code as the user running Ohcount.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.056 (92.7th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2017-16926: held from 0.056 to 0.056.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.056 · newest: 0.056 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16926?
CVE-2017-16926 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ohcount Project, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-11-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-16926?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.