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CWE-77 (在命令中使用的特殊元素转义处理不恰当(命令注入)) — Vulnerability Class 1472

1472 vulnerabilities classified as CWE-77 (在命令中使用的特殊元素转义处理不恰当(命令注入)). AI Chinese analysis included.

CWE-77 represents a critical input validation weakness where software constructs commands using untrusted data without properly sanitizing special characters. Attackers typically exploit this by injecting malicious payloads, such as semicolons or pipe operators, into user-supplied fields to alter the intended command structure. This allows them to execute arbitrary system commands, potentially leading to full system compromise, data exfiltration, or denial of service. To prevent such vulnerabilities, developers must strictly validate and sanitize all external inputs, ensuring that only expected data formats are processed. Utilizing parameterized APIs or safe command execution libraries instead of direct string concatenation significantly reduces risk. Additionally, implementing the principle of least privilege for application processes limits the potential impact of successful injection attempts, thereby enhancing overall system security against command injection attacks.

MITRE CWE Description
The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Many protocols and products have their own custom command language. While OS or shell command strings are frequently discovered and targeted, developers may not realize that these other command languages might also be vulnerable to attacks.
Common Consequences (1)
Integrity, Confidentiality, Availability Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands
If a malicious user injects a character (such as a semi-colon) that delimits the end of one command and the beginning of another, it may be possible to then insert an entirely new and unrelated command that was not intended to be executed. This gives an attacker a privilege or capability that they w…
Mitigations (5)
Architecture and Design If at all possible, use library calls rather than external processes to recreate the desired functionality.
Implementation If possible, ensure that all external commands called from the program are statically created.
Implementation Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does. When performing input validation, consider all potentially relevant properties, including length, type of input, the full range…
Operation Run time: Run time policy enforcement may be used in an allowlist fashion to prevent use of any non-sanctioned commands.
System Configuration Assign permissions that prevent the user from accessing/opening privileged files.
Examples (2)
Consider a "CWE Differentiator" application that uses an an LLM generative AI based "chatbot" to explain the difference between two weaknesses. As input, it accepts two CWE IDs, constructs a prompt string, sends the prompt to the chatbot, and prints the results. The prompt string effectively acts as a command to the chatbot component. Assume that invokeChatbot() calls the chatbot and returns the …
prompt = "Explain the difference between {} and {}".format(arg1, arg2) result = invokeChatbot(prompt) resultHTML = encodeForHTML(result) print resultHTML
Bad · Python
Explain the difference between CWE-77 and CWE-78
Informative
Consider the following program. It intends to perform an "ls -l" on an input filename. The validate_name() subroutine performs validation on the input to make sure that only alphanumeric and "-" characters are allowed, which avoids path traversal (CWE-22) and OS command injection (CWE-78) weaknesses. Only filenames like "abc" or "d-e-f" are intended to be allowed.
my $arg = GetArgument("filename"); do_listing($arg); sub do_listing { my($fname) = @_; if (! validate_name($fname)) { print "Error: name is not well-formed!\n"; return; } # build command my $cmd = "/bin/ls -l $fname"; system($cmd); } sub validate_name { my($name) = @_; if ($name =~ /^[\w\-]+$/) { return(1); } else { return(0); } }
Bad · Perl
if ($name =~ /^\w[\w\-]+$/) ...
Good · Perl
CVE ID Title CVSS Severity Published
CVE-2024-11659 EnGenius ENH1350EXT/ENS500-AC/ENS620EXT diag_iperf command injection — ENH1350EXT 4.7 Medium 2024-11-25
CVE-2024-11658 EnGenius ENH1350EXT/ENS500-AC/ENS620EXT ajax_getChannelList command injection — ENH1350EXT 4.7 Medium 2024-11-25
CVE-2024-11657 EnGenius ENH1350EXT/ENS500-AC/ENS620EXT diag_nslookup command injection — ENH1350EXT 4.7 Medium 2024-11-25
CVE-2024-11656 EnGenius ENH1350EXT/ENS500-AC/ENS620EXT diag_ping6 command injection — ENH1350EXT 4.7 Medium 2024-11-25
CVE-2024-11655 EnGenius ENH1350EXT/ENS500-AC/ENS620EXT diag_pinginterface command injection — ENH1350EXT 4.7 Medium 2024-11-25
CVE-2024-11654 EnGenius ENH1350EXT/ENS500-AC/ENS620EXT diag_traceroute6 command injection — ENH1350EXT 4.7 Medium 2024-11-25
CVE-2024-11653 EnGenius ENH1350EXT/ENS500-AC/ENS620EXT diag_traceroute command injection — ENH1350EXT 4.7 Medium 2024-11-25
CVE-2024-11652 EnGenius ENH1350EXT/ENS500-AC/ENS620EXT sn_https command injection — ENH1350EXT 4.7 Medium 2024-11-25
CVE-2024-11651 EnGenius ENH1350EXT/ENS500-AC/ENS620EXT wifi_schedule command injection — ENH1350EXT 4.7 Medium 2024-11-25
CVE-2024-11665 Unauthenticated Remote Command Injection — cph2_echarge_firmware 8.8 High 2024-11-24
CVE-2021-38116 Possible Command injection Vulnerability in OpenText iManager — iManager 8.8 High 2024-11-22
CVE-2023-24467 Possible Command Injection in OpenText iManager — iManager 8.8 High 2024-11-22
CVE-2024-38644 Notes Station 3 — Notes Station 3 8.8 - 2024-11-22
CVE-2024-48860 QHora — QuRouter 9.8 - 2024-11-22
CVE-2024-48861 QHora — QuRouter 7.8 - 2024-11-22
CVE-2024-11320 Command Injection leading to RCE via LDAP Misconfiguration — Pandora FMS 9.8AI Critical AI 2024-11-21
CVE-2024-45505 Apache HertzBeat: Exists Native Deser RCE and file writing vulnerabilities — Apache HertzBeat 8.8AI High AI 2024-11-18
CVE-2024-52308 Connecting to a malicious Codespaces via GH CLI could allow command execution on the user's computer — cli 8.0 High 2024-11-14
CVE-2024-43613 Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server 7.2 High 2024-11-12
CVE-2024-49042 Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server 7.2 High 2024-11-12
CVE-2024-49026 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft Office 2019 7.8 High 2024-11-12
CVE-2024-49557 Dell SmartFabric OS10 命令注入漏洞 — SmartFabric OS10 Software 7.8 High 2024-11-12
CVE-2024-49560 Dell SmartFabric OS10 命令注入漏洞 — SmartFabric OS10 Software 7.8 High 2024-11-12
CVE-2024-50591 Local Privilege Escalation via Command Injection — Elefant Software Updater 6.7 - 2024-11-08
CVE-2024-51736 Command execution hijack on Windows with Process class in symfony/process — symfony - - 2024-11-06
CVE-2024-20418 Cisco Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul Software Command Injection Vulnerability — Cisco Aironet Access Point Software (IOS XE Controller) 10.0 Critical 2024-11-06
CVE-2024-9579 Certain Poly Video Conference Devices – Potential Remote Code Execution — Certain Poly Video Conference Devices 7.5 High 2024-11-05
CVE-2024-10697 Tenda AC6 API Endpoint WriteFacMac formWriteFacMac command injection — AC6 6.3 Medium 2024-11-02
CVE-2024-10435 didi Super-Jacoco triggerEnvCov command injection — Super-Jacoco 6.3 Medium 2024-10-28
CVE-2024-10429 WAVLINK WN530H4/WN530HG4/WN572HG3 internet.cgi set_ipv6 command injection — WN530H4 7.2 High 2024-10-27

Vulnerabilities classified as CWE-77 (在命令中使用的特殊元素转义处理不恰当(命令注入)) represent 1472 CVEs. The CWE taxonomy describes the weakness; review individual CVEs for product-specific impact.