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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-2023-33235 MXsecurity Command Injection Vulnerability — MXsecurity Series 7.2 High 2023-05-22
CVE-2023-2491 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 命令注入漏洞 — emacs 7.8 - 2023-05-17
CVE-2023-32073 AVideo command injection vulnerability — AVideo 8.8 High 2023-05-12
CVE-2023-2682 Caton Live Mini_HTTPD ping.cgi command injection — Live 6.3 Medium 2023-05-12
CVE-2023-2649 Tenda AC23 Service Port 7329 ate command injection — AC23 7.2 High 2023-05-11
CVE-2023-2647 Weaver E-Office File Upload utility_all.php command injection — E-Office 6.3 Medium 2023-05-11
CVE-2022-29842 Command Injection Vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud devices — My Cloud OS 5 9.8 Critical 2023-05-10
CVE-2023-28832 Siemens SIMATIC Cloud Connect 命令注入漏洞 — SIMATIC Cloud Connect 7 CC712 7.2 High 2023-05-09
CVE-2023-27407 Siemens SCALANCE 命令注入漏洞 — SCALANCE LPE9403 9.9 Critical 2023-05-09
CVE-2023-2520 Caton Prime Ping command injection — Prime 8.8 High 2023-05-04
CVE-2023-32007 Apache Spark: Shell command injection via Spark UI — Apache Spark 8.8 - 2023-05-02
CVE-2023-2378 Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X Web Management command injection — EdgeRouter X 7.2 High 2023-04-28
CVE-2023-2377 Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X Web Management command injection — EdgeRouter X 7.2 High 2023-04-28
CVE-2023-2376 Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X Web Management command injection — EdgeRouter X 7.2 High 2023-04-28
CVE-2023-2375 Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X Web Management command injection — EdgeRouter X 7.2 High 2023-04-28
CVE-2023-2374 Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X Web Management command injection — EdgeRouter X 7.2 High 2023-04-28
CVE-2023-2373 Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X Web Management command injection — EdgeRouter X 7.2 High 2023-04-28
CVE-2022-36769 IBM Cloud Pak for Data file upload — Cloud Pak for Data 7.2 High 2023-04-26
CVE-2023-30623 Arbitrary command injection in embano1/wip — wip 8.8 High 2023-04-24
CVE-2023-22913 Zyxel USG FLEX 命令注入漏洞 — USG FLEX series firmware 8.1 High 2023-04-24
CVE-2023-28489 Siemens SICAM A8000 命令注入漏洞 — CP-8031 MASTER MODULE 9.8 Critical 2023-04-11
CVE-2023-20118 Cisco Small Business 输入验证错误漏洞 — Cisco Small Business RV Series Router Firmware 6.5 Medium 2023-04-05
CVE-2023-1877 Command Injection in microweber/microweber — microweber/microweber 9.8 - 2023-04-05
CVE-2023-20121 Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager, Cisco Identity Services Engine, and Cisco Prime Infrastructure Command Injection Vulnerabilities — Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 6.0 Medium 2023-04-05
CVE-2023-20122 Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager, Cisco Identity Services Engine, and Cisco Prime Infrastructure Command Injection Vulnerabilities — Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 6.0 Medium 2023-04-05
CVE-2023-20124 Cisco Small Business RV016, RV042, RV042G, RV082, RV320, and RV325 Routers Remote Command Execution Vulnerability — Cisco Small Business RV Series Router Firmware 6.5 Medium 2023-04-05
CVE-2023-20152 Cisco Identity Services Engine Command Injection Vulnerabilities — Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 6.0 Medium 2023-04-05
CVE-2023-20153 Cisco Identity Services Engine Command Injection Vulnerabilities — Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 6.0 Medium 2023-04-05
CVE-2023-28854 nophp vulnerable to shell command injection on httpd user when sending a password-setting mail or mail-login mail — nophp 8.0 High 2023-04-03
CVE-2023-28935 Apache UIMA DUCC: DUCC (EOL) allows RCE — Apache UIMA DUCC 8.8 - 2023-03-30

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.