Description
An issue was discovered in CALDERA 2.8.1. When activated, the Human plugin passes the unsanitized name parameter to a python "os.system" function. This allows attackers to use shell metacharacters (e.g., backticks "``" or dollar parenthesis "$()" ) in order to escape the current command and execute arbitrary shell commands.
Published: 2022-01-12
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: 10.3% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:38:49.692Z

Reserved: 2021-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-42561

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Status : Modified

Published: 2022-01-12T19:15:08.330

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:27:48.953

Link: CVE-2021-42561

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