OS command injection in IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data

1) OS Command Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU88533

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-32487

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when handling newline characters in the filename in filename.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to pass a specially crafted filename to the affected command and execute arbitrary OS commands on the system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data: before 5.0.1

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7163147

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.