10.0
CRITICAL
CVE-2024-38366
CoacoaPods trunk remote command execution vulnerability
Description

trunk.cocoapods.org is the authentication server for the CoacoaPods dependency manager. The part of trunk which verifies whether a user has a real email address on signup used a rfc-822 library which executes a shell command to validate the email domain MX records validity. It works via an DNS MX. This lookup could be manipulated to also execute a command on the trunk server, effectively giving root access to the server and the infrastructure. This issue was patched server-side with commit 001cc3a430e75a16307f5fd6cdff1363ad2f40f3 in September 2023. This RCE triggered a full user-session reset, as an attacker could have used this method to write to any Podspec in trunk.

INFO

Published Date :

July 1, 2024, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 18, 2024, 3:22 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.0

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2024-38366 has a 2 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-2024-38366 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 Cocoapods trunk.cocoapods.org
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
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-2024-38366.

URL Resource
https://blog.cocoapods.org/CocoaPods-Trunk-RCEs-2023 Vendor Advisory
https://evasec.webflow.io/blog/eva-discovered-supply-chain-vulnerabities-in-cocoapods#2-remote-code-execution-on-the-cocoapods-trunk-server Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/security/advisories/GHSA-x2x4-g675-qg7c 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).

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ReeFSpeK/CocoaPods-RCE_CVE-2024-38366

CocoaPods RCE Vulnerability CVE-2024-38366

cocoapods cve-2024-38366

Updated: 4 weeks, 2 days ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 28, 2024, 1:11 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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nomi-sec/PoC-in-GitHub

📡 PoC auto collect from GitHub. ⚠️ Be careful Malware.

security cve exploit poc vulnerability

Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago
6375 stars 1107 fork 1107 watcher
Born at : Dec. 8, 2019, 1:03 p.m. This repo has been linked 904 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-2024-38366 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-38366 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.

  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 18, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cocoapods:trunk.cocoapods.org:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2023-10-22 OR *cpe:2.3:a:cocoapods:trunk.cocoapods.org:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2023-09-22
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 18, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://blog.cocoapods.org/CocoaPods-Trunk-RCEs-2023 No Types Assigned https://blog.cocoapods.org/CocoaPods-Trunk-RCEs-2023 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://evasec.webflow.io/blog/eva-discovered-supply-chain-vulnerabities-in-cocoapods#2-remote-code-execution-on-the-cocoapods-trunk-server No Types Assigned https://evasec.webflow.io/blog/eva-discovered-supply-chain-vulnerabities-in-cocoapods#2-remote-code-execution-on-the-cocoapods-trunk-server Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/security/advisories/GHSA-x2x4-g675-qg7c No Types Assigned https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/security/advisories/GHSA-x2x4-g675-qg7c Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-74
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cocoapods:trunk.cocoapods.org:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2023-10-22
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 02, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description trunk.cocoapods.org is the authentication server for the CoacoaPods dependency manager. The part of trunk which verifies whether a user has a real email address on signup used a rfc-822 library which executes a shell command to validate the email domain MX records validity. It works via an DNS MX. This lookup could be manipulated to also execute a command on the trunk server, effectively giving root access to the server and the infrastructure. This issue was patched server-side with commit 001cc3a430e75a16307f5fd6cdff1363ad2f40f3 in September 2023. This RCE triggered a full user-session reset, as an attacker could have used this method to write to any Podspec in trunk.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/security/advisories/GHSA-x2x4-g675-qg7c [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://blog.cocoapods.org/CocoaPods-Trunk-RCEs-2023 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://evasec.webflow.io/blog/eva-discovered-supply-chain-vulnerabities-in-cocoapods#2-remote-code-execution-on-the-cocoapods-trunk-server [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-74
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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-2024-38366 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-2024-38366 weaknesses.

CAPEC-3: Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters CAPEC-6: Argument Injection Argument Injection CAPEC-7: Blind SQL Injection Blind SQL Injection CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-13: Subverting Environment Variable Values Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-28: Fuzzing Fuzzing CAPEC-34: HTTP Response Splitting HTTP Response Splitting CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-43: Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-51: Poison Web Service Registry Poison Web Service Registry CAPEC-52: Embedding NULL Bytes Embedding NULL Bytes CAPEC-53: Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash CAPEC-64: Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-71: Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-72: URL Encoding URL Encoding CAPEC-76: Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls CAPEC-78: Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-80: Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-83: XPath Injection XPath Injection CAPEC-84: XQuery Injection XQuery Injection CAPEC-101: Server Side Include (SSI) Injection Server Side Include (SSI) Injection CAPEC-105: HTTP Request Splitting HTTP Request Splitting CAPEC-108: Command Line Execution through SQL Injection Command Line Execution through SQL Injection CAPEC-120: Double Encoding Double Encoding CAPEC-135: Format String Injection Format String Injection CAPEC-250: XML Injection XML Injection CAPEC-267: Leverage Alternate Encoding Leverage Alternate Encoding CAPEC-273: HTTP Response Smuggling HTTP Response Smuggling
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