CVE-2017-16926 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2017-11-22

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 5.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ohcount_project:ohcount:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-8096	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.05582.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.debian.org/882372

History

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Subscriptions

Ohcount Project Ohcount

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-11-22T08:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:35:21.330Z

Reserved: 2017-11-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16926

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-11-22T08:29:00.207

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:10:09.480

Link: CVE-2017-16926

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-78
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

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