VYPR

CWE-88

Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

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Description

The product constructs a string for a command to be executed by a separate component in another control sphere, but it does not properly delimit the intended arguments, options, or switches within that command string.

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Related attack patterns (CAPEC)

CAPEC-137 · CAPEC-174 · CAPEC-41 · CAPEC-460 · CAPEC-88

CVEs mapped to this weakness (88)

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CVESevRiskCVSSEPSSKEVPublishedDescription
CVE-2004-04890.010.14Jul 7, 2004Argument injection vulnerability in the SSH URI handler for Safari on Mac OS 10.3.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to (1) execute arbitrary code via the ProxyCommand option or (2) conduct port forwarding via the -R option.
CVE-2006-23120.000.04May 19, 2006Argument injection vulnerability in the URI handler in Skype 2.0.*.104 and 2.5.*.0 through 2.5.*.78 for Windows allows remote authorized attackers to download arbitrary files via a URL that contains certain command-line switches.
CVE-2006-20580.000.01Apr 26, 2006Argument injection vulnerability in Avant Browser 10.1 Build 17 allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify command line arguments to an invoked mail client via " (double quote) characters in a mailto: scheme handler, as demonstrated by launching Microsoft Outlook with an arbitrary filename as an attachment. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is implementation-specific or a problem in the Microsoft API.
CVE-2006-20570.000.01Apr 26, 2006Argument injection vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify command line arguments to an invoked mail client via " (double quote) characters in a mailto: scheme handler, as demonstrated by launching Microsoft Outlook with an arbitrary filename as an attachment. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is implementation-specific or a problem in the Microsoft API.
CVE-2006-18650.000.02Apr 21, 2006Argument injection vulnerability in Beagle before 0.2.5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted filenames that inject command line arguments when Beagle launches external helper applications while indexing.
CVE-2005-46990.000.01Dec 31, 2005Argument injection vulnerability in TellMe 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to modify command line arguments for the Whois program and obtain sensitive information via "--" style options in the q_Host parameter.
CVE-2004-04730.000.01Jul 7, 2004Argument injection vulnerability in Opera before 7.50 does not properly filter "-" characters that begin a hostname in a telnet URI, which allows remote attackers to insert options to the resulting command line and overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the "-f" option on Windows XP or (2) the "-n" option on Linux.
CVE-2002-09850.000.01Sep 24, 2002Argument injection vulnerability in the mail function for PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 may allow attackers to bypass safe mode restrictions and modify command line arguments to the MTA (e.g. sendmail) in the 5th argument to mail(), altering MTA behavior and possibly executing commands.