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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-2022-45796 SHARP Multifunction Printer - Command Injection — SHARP multifunction printers 9.1 Critical 2022-12-16
CVE-2022-4364 Teledyne FLIR AX8 Web Service palette.php command injection — AX8 7.3 High 2022-12-08
CVE-2022-41800 Appliance mode iControl REST vulnerability — BIG-IP 8.7 High 2022-12-07
CVE-2022-3086 Cradlepoint IBR600 Command Injection — IBR600 7.1 High 2022-11-29
CVE-2022-45462 Apache DolphinScheduler prior to 2.0.5 have command execution vulnerability — Apache DolphinScheduler 9.8 - 2022-11-23
CVE-2022-40746 IBM i 代码问题漏洞 — i 7.2 High 2022-11-21
CVE-2022-40752 IBM InfoSphere DataStage Flow Designer 命令注入漏洞 — InfoSphere DataStage 9.8 Critical 2022-11-16
CVE-2022-20926 Cisco Firepower Management Center 操作系统命令注入漏洞 — Cisco Firepower Management Center 6.3 Medium 2022-11-10
CVE-2022-20925 Cisco Firepower Management Center 操作系统命令注入漏洞 — Cisco Firepower Management Center 6.3 Medium 2022-11-10
CVE-2022-20934 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense和Cisco FXOS Software 操作系统操作系统命令注入漏洞 — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 6.0 Medium 2022-11-10
CVE-2022-32765 Robustel R1510 操作系统操作系统命令注入漏洞 — R1510 9.8 - 2022-10-25
CVE-2022-41617 BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM iControl REST vulnerability CVE-2022-41617 — BIG-IP Advanced WAF & ASM 7.2 High 2022-10-19
CVE-2022-34432 Dell Hybrid Client 安全漏洞 — Dell Hybrid Client (DHC) 7.3 High 2022-10-11
CVE-2022-20851 Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI Command Injection Vulnerability — Cisco IOS XE Software 5.5 Medium 2022-09-30
CVE-2022-39243 NuProcess vulnerable to command-line injection through insertion of NUL character(s) — NuProcess 8.4 High 2022-09-26
CVE-2022-28220 STARTTLS command injection in Apache JAMES — Apache James 7.5 - 2022-09-08
CVE-2022-34383 Dell Edge Gateway 操作系统命令注入漏洞 — Edge Gateway 5200 8.1 High 2022-08-31
CVE-2022-21941 iSTAR Ultra — iSTAR Ultra 10.0 Critical 2022-08-31
CVE-2022-2234 mySCADA myPRO Command Injection — mySCADA myPRO 9.9 Critical 2022-08-24
CVE-2022-35954 Delimiter injection vulnerability in @actions/core exportVariable — toolkit 5.0 Medium 2022-08-13
CVE-2022-34660 Siemens Teamcenter 命令注入漏洞 — Teamcenter V12.4 9.1 - 2022-08-10
CVE-2022-2323 SonicWALL Switch 命令注入漏洞 — SonicWall Switch 8.8 - 2022-07-29
CVE-2016-4991 NodePDF 命令注入漏洞 — nodepdf 9.8 - 2022-07-28
CVE-2022-2143 Advantech iView — iView 9.8 Critical 2022-07-22
CVE-2022-31161 Roxy-WI Vulnerable to Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via ssl_cert Upload — roxy-wi 10.0 Critical 2022-07-15
CVE-2022-34820 多款Siemens SIMATIC产品命令注入漏洞 — SIMATIC CP 1242-7 V2 8.4 High 2022-07-12
CVE-2022-29560 Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX 系列命令注入漏洞 — RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 5.5 - 2022-07-12
CVE-2022-32262 Siemens SINEMA Remote Connect Server命令注入漏洞 — SINEMA Remote Connect Server 8.8 High 2022-06-14
CVE-2020-36529 SevOne Network Management System Traceroute traceroute.php command injection — Network Management System 8.8 High 2022-06-03
CVE-2022-29256 Possible vulnerability at 'npm install' time in sharp if an attacker has control over build environment — sharp 6.5 Medium 2022-05-25

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.