CVE-2021-28398

A privileged attacker in GeoNetwork before 3.12.0 and 4.x before 4.0.4 can use the directory harvester before-script to execute arbitrary OS commands remotely on the hosting infrastructure. A User Administrator or Administrator account is required to perform this. This occurs in the runBeforeScript method in harvesters/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/kernel/harvest/harvester/localfilesystem/LocalFilesystemHarvester.java. The earliest affected version is 3.4.0.

CVSS v3.0 7.2 HIGH

7.2^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://geonetwork-opensource.org/	Product
https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/security/advisories/GHSA-cf8p-c88c-h9jf	Mitigation Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork	Third Party Advisory
https://geonetwork-opensource.org/manuals/trunk/en/overview/change-log/version-3.6.0.html	Patch Release Notes Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:geonetwork::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:geonetwork::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:geonetwork:4.0.0:alpha2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:geonetwork:4.0.0:alpha1::::::

Information

Published : 2022-09-05 10:15

Updated : 2022-09-30 19:18

NVD link : CVE-2021-28398

Mitre link : CVE-2021-28398

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-78

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

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Products Affected

osgeo

geonetwork

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