Vulnerability identifier: #VU98496
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45720
CWE-ID:
CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
Subversion
Server applications /
Frameworks for developing and running applications
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation during "best fit" character encoding conversion. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Note, the vulnerability affects Windows installations only.
Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
Subversion: 1.0 - 1.0.9, 1.1.0 rc1 - 1.14.3, 1.2.0 rc1 - 1.2.3, 1.3.0 rc1 - 1.3.2, 1.4.0 rc1 - 1.4.6, 1.5.o-beta1 - 1.5.9, 1.6.0 rc1 - 1.6.23, 1.7.0 rc1 - 1.7.22, 1.8.0 rc1 - 1.8.19, 1.9.0 alpha1 - 1.9.12
External links
https://lists.apache.org/thread/kj6zq3zntsk8g0bjw7mrg62kodnnfqt6
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.