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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-2023-6940 Command Injection — mlflow/mlflow 8.8 - 2023-12-19
CVE-2023-6848 kalcaddle kodbox index.class.php check command injection — kodbox 7.3 High 2023-12-16
CVE-2023-49898 Apache StreamPark (incubating): Authenticated system users could trigger remote command execution — Apache StreamPark (incubating) 8.8 - 2023-12-15
CVE-2023-6572 Command Injection in gradio-app/gradio — gradio-app/gradio 7.5AI High AI 2023-12-14
CVE-2023-25643 Two Vulnerabilities in Some ZTE Mobile Internet Products — MC801A 8.4 High 2023-12-14
CVE-2023-48702 Jellyfin Possible Remote Code Execution via custom FFmpeg binary — jellyfin 7.2 High 2023-12-13
CVE-2023-48791 Fortinet FortiPortal 安全漏洞 — FortiPortal 7.9 High 2023-12-13
CVE-2023-49587 Command Injection vulnerability in SAP Solution Manager — SAP Solution Manager 6.4 Medium 2023-12-12
CVE-2023-6071 Trellix Enterprise Security Manager 安全漏洞 — ESM 8.4 High 2023-11-30
CVE-2023-23369 QTS, Multimedia Console, and Media Streaming add-on — Multimedia Console 9.0 Critical 2023-11-03
CVE-2023-20170 Cisco Identity Services Engine 安全漏洞 — Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 6.0 Medium 2023-11-01
CVE-2023-5752 Mercurial configuration injectable in repo revision when installing via pip — pip 5.5 Medium 2023-10-24
CVE-2023-36414 Azure Identity SDK Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Azure Identity SDK for .NET 8.8 High 2023-10-10
CVE-2023-36415 Azure Identity SDK Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Azure Identity SDK for Java 8.8 High 2023-10-10
CVE-2023-4401 Dell SmartFabric Storage Software 操作系统命令注入漏洞 — Dell SmartFabric Storage Software 7.8 High 2023-10-05
CVE-2023-41031 Juplink RX4-1500 homemng.htm Command Injection Vulnerability — RX4-1500 8.0 High 2023-09-22
CVE-2023-41029 Juplink RX4-1500 Command Injection Vulnerability — RX4-1500 8.0 High 2023-09-22
CVE-2023-42810 systeminformation SSID Command Injection Vulnerability — systeminformation 9.8 Critical 2023-09-21
CVE-2023-43477 Post-Auth Command Injection in Telstra Smart Modem Gen 2 (Arcadyan LH1000) — Smart Modem Gen 2 (Arcadyan LH1000) 6.8 Medium 2023-09-20
CVE-2023-36642 FortiTester 操作系统命令注入漏洞 — FortiTester 6.5 Medium 2023-09-13
CVE-2023-33136 Azure DevOps Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Azure DevOps Server 2020.0.2 8.8 High 2023-09-12
CVE-2023-36805 Windows MSHTML Platform Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1809 7.0 High 2023-09-12
CVE-2023-4310 BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access 和Remote Support 命令注入漏洞 — Privileged Remote Access (PRA) 9.8 - 2023-09-05
CVE-2023-40598 Command Injection in Splunk Enterprise Using External Lookups — Splunk Enterprise 8.5 High 2023-08-30
CVE-2023-25649 OS Command Injection Vulnerability in a Mobile Internet Product of ZTE — MF286R 6.8 Medium 2023-08-25
CVE-2023-37469 CasaOS Command Injection vulnerability — CasaOS 8.8 High 2023-08-24
CVE-2023-4414 Byzoro Smart S85F Management Platform decodmail.php command injection — Smart S85F Management Platform 6.3 Medium 2023-08-18
CVE-2023-2910 A Command injection vulnerability was found on Printer service of ADM — ADM 8.8 High 2023-08-17
CVE-2023-35390 .NET and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — .NET 6.0 7.8 High 2023-08-08
CVE-2023-39523 ScanCode.io command injection in docker image fetch process — scancode.io 6.8 Medium 2023-08-07

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.