Lucene search

K
osvGoogleOSV:GHSA-JQ43-Q8MX-R7MQ
HistoryJul 14, 2023 - 9:58 p.m.

SwiftTerm Code Injection vulnerability

2023-07-1421:58:43
Google
osv.dev
4

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

8.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

9.3 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.013 Low

EPSS

Percentile

85.8%

Impact

Attacker could modify the window title via a certain character escape sequence and then insert it back to the command line in the user’s terminal, e.g. when the user views a file containing the malicious sequence, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands.

Credit

These bugs were found and disclosed by David Leadbeater <[email protected]> (@dgl at Github.com)

Patches

Fixed in version ce596e0dc8cdb288bc7ed5c6a59011ee3a8dc171

Workarounds

There are no workarounds available

References

Similar exploits to this existed in the past, for terminal emulators:

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0063
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2383

Additional background and information is also available:

https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510030

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

8.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

9.3 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.013 Low

EPSS

Percentile

85.8%