Vulnerability CVE-2012-5534
Published: 2012-12-03   Modified: 2012-12-04

Description:
The hook_process function in the plugin API for WeeChat 0.3.0 through 0.3.9.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a command from a plugin, related to "shell expansion."

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Flashtux -> Weechat 

 References:
http://weechat.org/security/
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=weechat.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=efb795c74fe954b9544074aafcebb1be4452b03a
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0347
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37764
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56584
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/19/4
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:136
http://secunia.com/advisories/51377
http://secunia.com/advisories/51294
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00087.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00018.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093516.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093495.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093260.html
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