CVE-2020-7237

Summary

CVECVE-2020-7237
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-20 05:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:25:00 UTC
DescriptionCacti 1.2.8 allows Remote Code Execution (by privileged users) via shell metacharacters in the Performance Boost Debug Log field of poller_automation.php. OS commands are executed when a new poller cycle begins. The attacker must be authenticated, and must have access to modify the Performance Settings of the product.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cacti Cacti 1.2.8 All All All
Application Cacti Cacti 1.2.8 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0284-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: cacti-spine-1.2.9-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: cacti-spine-1.2.9-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: cacti-spine-1.2.9-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[CVE-2020-7237] Remote Code Execution in Cacti RRDTool – Chi Tran MISC ctrsec.io Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0565-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0558-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: cacti-spine-1.2.9-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Cacti: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202003-40) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Remote Code Execution due to input validation failure in Performance Boost Debug Log (CVE-2020-7237) · Issue #3201 · Cacti/cacti · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0272-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500842 Alpine Linux Security Update for cacti
  • 504596 Alpine Linux Security Update for cacti
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