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CVE-2021-23355 (GCVE-0-2021-23355)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-15 16:40 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:54
VLAI
Title
Arbitrary Command Injection
Summary
This affects all versions of package ps-kill. If (attacker-controlled) user input is given to the kill function, it is possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary commands. This is due to use of the child_process exec function without input sanitization in the index.js file. PoC (provided by reporter): var ps_kill = require('ps-kill'); ps_kill.kill('$(touch success)',function(){});
Severity
5.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P
CWE
  • Arbitrary Command Injection
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a ps-kill Affected: 0 , < unspecified (custom)
Date Public
2021-03-15 00:00
Credits
OmniTaint
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