RCE in Mgetty Project
CVE-2018-16741
An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In fax/faxq-helper.c, the function do_activate() does not properly sanitize shell metacharacters to prevent command injection. It is possible to use the ||, &&, or > characters within a file created by the "faxq-helper activate <jobid>" command.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (69.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mgetty Project
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4291 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00012.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-16741?
- CVE-2018-16741 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mgetty Project, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-09-13.
- How severe is CVE-2018-16741?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.