CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-1456

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The vulnerability in the filediff tool in CVStrac allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary system commands by injecting shell metacharacters into the rcsinfo parameter.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely take control of the server, execute arbitrary commands, leading to full system and data compromise.

Recommendation

Immediately update CVStrac to the latest version that fixes this vulnerability and apply input filtering on the rcsinfo parameter.

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Original NVD description (English source)

filediff in CVStrac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in rcsinfo.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS