Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:46120Injected Malicious Code
10 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.1 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.133 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.6%
XZ is vulnerable to Injected Malicious Code. Malicious code was discovered in the upstream tarballs of xz, starting with version 5.6.0. Through a series of complex obfuscations, the liblzma build process extracts a prebuilt object file from a disguised test file existing in the source code, which is then used to modify specific functions in the liblzma code. This results in a modified liblzma library that can be used by any software linked against this library, intercepting and modifying the data interaction with this library.
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www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/12
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github.com/amlweems/xzbot
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research.swtch.com/xz-script
research.swtch.com/xz-timeline
secdb.alpinelinux.org/edge/main.yaml
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security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-3094
security.archlinux.org/CVE-2024-3094
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240402-0001/
tukaani.org/xz-backdoor/
twitter.com/debian/status/1774219194638409898
twitter.com/infosecb/status/1774595540233167206
twitter.com/infosecb/status/1774597228864139400
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ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-3094
www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/03/29/reported-supply-chain-compromise-affecting-xz-utils-data-compression-library-cve-2024-3094
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www.kali.org/blog/about-the-xz-backdoor/
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4
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www.vicarius.io/vsociety/vulnerabilities/cve-2024-3094
xeiaso.net/notes/2024/xz-vuln/
Related
10 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.1 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.133 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.6%