CVE-2024-36053 (GCVE-0-2024-36053)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-19 15:16 – Updated: 2025-02-13 15:59
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In the mintupload package through 4.2.0 for Linux Mint, service-name mishandling leads to command injection via shell metacharacters in check_connection, drop_data_received_cb, and Service.remove. A user can modify a service name in a ~/.linuxmint/mintUpload/services/service file.
Severity
9 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-05-20 14:04 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linuxmint | mintupload |
Affected:
- , ≤ 4.2.0
(semver)
cpe:2.3:a:linuxmint:mintupload:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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