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GHSA-QQ5C-677P-737Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-06 15:22 – Updated: 2025-03-07 13:28

Summary

Symfony vulnerable to command execution hijack on Windows with Process class

Details

Description

On Windows, when an executable file named cmd.exe is located in the current working directory it will be called by the Process class when preparing command arguments, leading to possible hijacking.

Resolution

The Process class now uses the absolute path to cmd.exe.

The patch for this issue is available here for branch 5.4.

Credits

We would like to thank Jordi Boggiano for reporting the issue and Nicolas Grekas for providing the fix.

Severity

8.4 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.6 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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  "modified": "2025-03-07T13:28:46Z",
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CVE-2024-51736 (GCVE-0-2024-51736)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-06 20:51 – Updated: 2024-11-21 23:23

Title

Command execution hijack on Windows with Process class in symfony/process

Summary

Symphony process is a module for the Symphony PHP framework which executes commands in sub-processes. On Windows, when an executable file named `cmd.exe` is located in the current working directory it will be called by the `Process` class when preparing command arguments, leading to possible hijacking. This issue has been addressed in release versions 5.4.46, 6.4.14, and 7.1.7. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Severity

0 (None)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N

CWE

CWE-77 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advis…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advis…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
symfony	symfony	Affected: < 5.4.46 Affected: >= 6.0.0, < 6.4.14 Affected: >= 7.0.0, < 7.1.7

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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