Apache Tomcat Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command (OS Command Injection) Vulnerability - CVE-2019-0232 - Vulnerability Database

Apache Tomcat Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command (OS Command Injection) Vulnerability - CVE-2019-0232

High

Reference: CVE-2019-0232

NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0232

Title: Apache Tomcat Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command (OS Command Injection) Vulnerability

Overview:

When running on Windows with enableCmdLineArguments enabled the CGI Servlet in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.17 8.5.0 to 8.5.39 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.93 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution due to a bug in the way the JRE passes command line arguments to Windows. The CGI Servlet is disabled by default. The CGI option enableCmdLineArguments is disable by default in Tomcat 9.0.x (and will be disabled by default in all versions in response to this vulnerability). For a detailed explanation of the JRE behaviour see Markus Wulftange39s blog (https://codewhitesec.blogspot.com/2016/02/java-and-command-line-injections-in-windows.html) and this archived MSDN blog (https://web.archive.org/web/20161228144344/https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/twistylittlepassagesallalike/2011/04/23/everyone-quotes-command-line-arguments-the-wrong-way/).