#VU98496 OS Command Injection in Subversion - CVE-2024-45720

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

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External links
https://lists.apache.org/thread/kj6zq3zntsk8g0bjw7mrg62kodnnfqt6

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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.