CVE-2022-4515
Exuberant Ctags Command Execution Vulnerability
Description
A flaw was found in Exuberant Ctags in the way it handles the "-o" option. This option specifies the tag filename. A crafted tag filename specified in the command line or in the configuration file results in arbitrary command execution because the externalSortTags() in sort.c calls the system(3) function in an unsafe way.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 20, 2022, 7:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Jan. 3, 2023, 5:22 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2022-4515 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2022-4515
vulnerability.
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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-2022-4515.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00040.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://sourceforge.net/p/ctags/code/HEAD/tree/tags/ctags-5.8/sort.c#l56 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
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).
None
Emacs Lisp GDB Makefile C Shell Fortran Vim Script PostScript MATLAB Objective-C
A maintained ctags implementation
ctags code-navigation developer-tools code-reading code-analysis code-completion code-summarization tagjumping
HTML Eiffel Clojure CoffeeScript C++ CSS Python D Go JavaScript
Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.
The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2022-4515 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2022-4515 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.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 03, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00040.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00040.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 31, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00040.html [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 29, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://sourceforge.net/p/ctags/code/HEAD/tree/tags/ctags-5.8/sort.c#l56 No Types Assigned https://sourceforge.net/p/ctags/code/HEAD/tree/tags/ctags-5.8/sort.c#l56 Exploit, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:exuberant_ctags_project:exuberant_ctags:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-4515 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-2022-4515
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.09 }} 0.01%
score
0.37427
percentile