CVE-2022-45639 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

OS Command injection vulnerability in sleuthkit fls tool 4.11.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted value to the m parameter. NOTE: third parties have disputed this because there is no analysis showing that the backtick command executes outside the context of the user account that entered the command line.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00816.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Sleuthkit	The Sleuth Kit

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sleuthkit:the_sleuth_kit:4.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-48503	OS Command injection vulnerability in sleuthkit fls tool 4.11.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted value to the m parameter. NOTE: third parties have disputed this because there is no analysis showing that the backtick command executes outside the context of the user account that entered the command line.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171649/Sleuthkit-4.11.1-Command-Injection.html
http://www.binaryworld.it/
https://www.binaryworld.it/guidepoc.asp#CVE-2022-45639

History

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-01-24T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-02T14:57:34.486Z

Reserved: 2022-11-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-45639

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:17:03.789Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-24T02:15:09.817

Modified: 2025-04-02T15:15:47.780

Link: CVE-2022-45639

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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