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CVE-2015-1418

Date: February 5, 2018

The do_ed_script function in pch.c in GNU patch through 2.7.6, and patch in FreeBSD 10.1 before 10.1-RELEASE-p17, 10.2 before 10.2-BETA2-p3, 10.2-RC1 before 10.2-RC1-p2, and 0.2-RC2 before 10.2-RC2-p1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted patch file, because a '!' character can be passed to the ed program.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (8)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033188
http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2018/04/05/bangpatch/
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-15:18.bsdpatch.asc
https://bugs.debian.org/894667
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76236
https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/5.7/common/013_patch.patch.sig
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1418
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-1418

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Information Leak / Disclosure

CWE-200

CVSS v3

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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