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CRITICAL
CVE-2018-17057
TCPDF Remote Code Execution through Unsecured Deserialization
Description

An issue was discovered in TCPDF before 6.2.22. Attackers can trigger deserialization of arbitrary data via the phar:// wrapper.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 14, 2018, 8:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:53 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-17057 has a 8 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-17057 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Limesurvey limesurvey
1 Tecnick tcpdf
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-17057.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152200/TCPDF-6.2.19-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152360/LimeSurvey-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/36 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://contao.org/en/news/security-vulnerability-cve-2018-17057.html Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/1cdd78d27697b3150bb44aaa7af1a81062a591a5 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/tecnickcom/TCPDF/commit/1861e33fe05f653b67d070f7c106463e7a5c26ed Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46634/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152200/TCPDF-6.2.19-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152360/LimeSurvey-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/36 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://contao.org/en/news/security-vulnerability-cve-2018-17057.html Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/1cdd78d27697b3150bb44aaa7af1a81062a591a5 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/tecnickcom/TCPDF/commit/1861e33fe05f653b67d070f7c106463e7a5c26ed Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46634/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Updated: 5 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
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testermas/tryhackme

None

Updated: 2 years, 3 months ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Aug. 14, 2022, 1:47 p.m. This repo has been linked 19 different CVEs too.
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nhthongDfVn/File-Converter-Exploit

A small collection of File converter vulnerability

Updated: 1 year ago
5 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
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AfvanMoopen/tryhackme-

All Solutions

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
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electronforce/py2to3

Goal of this repo is to convert exploit-db python2 scripts to python3

Python

Updated: 6 months, 1 week ago
2 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
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alphaSeclab/sec-daily-2019

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Updated: 2 months, 4 weeks ago
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catsecorg/CatSec-TryHackMe-WriteUps

All WriteUps and Flags of TryHackMe

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Updated: 8 months ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
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Tiaonmmn/ccc_2019_web_pdfcreator

None

Dockerfile PHP

Updated: 5 years, 2 months ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Aug. 29, 2019, 12:41 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-17057 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-17057 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 26, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152360/LimeSurvey-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152360/LimeSurvey-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://contao.org/en/news/security-vulnerability-cve-2018-17057.html No Types Assigned https://contao.org/en/news/security-vulnerability-cve-2018-17057.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46634/ Third Party Advisory https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46634/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 24, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://contao.org/en/news/security-vulnerability-cve-2018-17057.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/36 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/36 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152360/LimeSurvey-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152360/LimeSurvey-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152200/TCPDF-6.2.19-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152200/TCPDF-6.2.19-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46634/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46634/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/1cdd78d27697b3150bb44aaa7af1a81062a591a5 No Types Assigned https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/1cdd78d27697b3150bb44aaa7af1a81062a591a5 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.16.0
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 02, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152360/LimeSurvey-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 02, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46634/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 28, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/1cdd78d27697b3150bb44aaa7af1a81062a591a5 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152200/TCPDF-6.2.19-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/36 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 26, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/tecnickcom/TCPDF/commit/1861e33fe05f653b67d070f7c106463e7a5c26ed No Types Assigned https://github.com/tecnickcom/TCPDF/commit/1861e33fe05f653b67d070f7c106463e7a5c26ed Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-502
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:tecnick:tcpdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 6.2.22
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-17057 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-17057 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

25.31 }} -1.37%

score

0.96815

percentile

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