CVE-2019-0232Not scoredCWE-78

CVE-2019-0232: Apache Tomcat `CGIServlet` enableCmdLineArguments - Remote Code Execution

Apache · Tomcat

Vendor fix available · Affected: Apache Tomcat · Exploitation: check available, not yet exploited

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99.9%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

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DescriptionCVE.org

When running on Windows with enableCmdLineArguments enabled, the CGI Servlet in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.17, 8.5.0 to 8.5.39 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.93 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution due to a bug in the way the JRE passes command line arguments to Windows. The CGI Servlet is disabled by default. The CGI option enableCmdLineArguments is disable by default in Tomcat 9.0.x (and will be disabled by default in all versions in response to this vulnerability). For a detailed explanation of the JRE behaviour, see Markus Wulftange's blog (https://codewhitesec.blogspot.com/2016/02/java-and-command-line-injections-in-windows.html) and this archived MSDN blog (https://web.archive.org/web/20161228144344/https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/twistylittlepassagesallalike/2011/04/23/everyone-quotes-command-line-arguments-the-wrong-way/).

Affected products1

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Apache · Tomcat9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.17; 8.5.0 to 8.5.39; 7.0.0 to 7.0.93

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Exploitation: Check available, not yet exploited. A public nuclei template can confirm it on a system you are authorised to test.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: Apache Tomcat `CGIServlet` enableCmdLineArguments - Remote Code Execution · nuclei template in projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates
Weakness: OS Command Injection · Command and Code Injection
Vendor: Apache
Published: April 2019
Band: Check available, not yet exploited, April 2019

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