CVE-2017-1000487
Plexus-utils before 3.0.16 is vulnerable to command injection because it does not correctly process the contents of double quoted strings.
02 Description
Plexus-utils before 3.0.16 is vulnerable to command injection because it does not correctly process the contents of double quoted strings.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 6.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-01-03 20:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 22:00Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-01-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d8ec5cd82102ad59325f103b18977d71a52e194db8b27cd4016d9db84d582626
05 Affected products
06 References
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:1322https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180109 [SECURITY] [DLA 1237-1] plexus-utils2 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00011.html
- snyk.iohttps://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-31522
- www.debian.orgDSA-4149https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4149
- www.debian.orgDSA-4146https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4146
- github.comhttps://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils/commit/b38a1b3a4352303e4312b2bb601a0d7ec6e28f41
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180109 [SECURITY] [DLA 1236-1] plexus-utils security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00010.html
- lists.apache.org[druid-commits] 20191115 [GitHub] [incubator-druid] ccaominh opened a new pull request #8878: Address security vulnerabilitieshttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[avro-dev] 20200619 [jira] [Created] (AVRO-2865) Security vulnerability caused by plexus-utils:1.5.6https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2e94f72f53df432302d359fd66cfa9e9efb8d42633d54579a4377e62%40%3Cdev.avro.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[pulsar-commits] 20201215 [GitHub] [pulsar] yanshuchong opened a new issue #8967: CVSS issue listhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[pulsar-commits] 20210127 [GitHub] [pulsar] GLouMcK opened a new issue #9347: Security Vulnerabilities - Black Duck Scanhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9584c4304c888f651d214341a939bd264ed30c9e3d0d30fe85097ecf%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- plexus-utils2 Fixed in 3.0.22-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- plexus-utils2 Fixed in 3.0.22-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- plexus-utils2 Fixed in 3.0.22-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- plexus-utils Fixed in 1:1.5.15-4+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
- plexus-utils2 Fixed in 2.0.5-1+deb7u1build0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- plexus-utils Fixed in 1:1.5.15-4+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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