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CVE-2017-17562

HIGHCISA KEV

8.1

Description

Embedthis GoAhead before 3.6.5 allows remote code execution if CGI is enabled and a CGI program is dynamically linked. This is a result of initializing the environment of forked CGI scripts using untrusted HTTP request parameters in the cgiHandler function in cgi.c. When combined with the glibc dynamic linker, this behaviour can be abused for remote code execution using special parameter names such as LD_PRELOAD. An attacker can POST their shared object payload in the body of the request, and reference it using /proc/self/fd/0.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score8.1

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityHIGH

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published12/12/2017

Last Modified4/21/2026

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorEmbedthis

ProductGoAhead

Vulnerability NameEmbedthis GoAhead Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2021-12-10

Remediation Due Date2022-06-10

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

embedthis:goaheadoracle:integrated_lights_out_manager

References

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040702(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/elttam/advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-17562(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/commit/6f786c123196eb622625a920d54048629a7caa74(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/issues/249(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.elttam.com.au/blog/goahead/(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43360/(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43877/(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040702(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/elttam/advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-17562(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/commit/6f786c123196eb622625a920d54048629a7caa74(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/issues/249(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.elttam.com.au/blog/goahead/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43360/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43877/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-17562(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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