CVE-2023-4551

Command Injection via Task Scheduler

Published: Jan 29, 2024Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-20

7.2HIGH

Description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OpenText AppBuilder on Windows, Linux allows OS Command Injection. The AppBuilder's Scheduler functionality that facilitates creation of scheduled tasks is vulnerable to command injection. This allows authenticated users to inject arbitrary operating system commands into the executing process. This issue affects AppBuilder: from 21.2 before 23.2.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:HPrivileges Required

High

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-20 NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

OpenText

commercial·CAaka opentext corp., opentext corporation

AppBuilderOn-premWeb App

Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring

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Exploitability

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References

https://support.opentext.com/csm?id=ot_kb_search&kb_category=61648712db61781068cfd6c4e296197b

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