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GHSA-JWM6-6MGM-W3F5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:58 – Updated: 2024-04-04 02:15

Details

A vulnerability exists in the way that iTerm2 integrates with tmux's control mode, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands by providing malicious output to the terminal. This affects versions of iTerm2 up to and including 3.3.5. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on their victim's computer by providing malicious output to the terminal. It could be exploited using command-line utilities that print attacker-controlled content.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2019-9535 (GCVE-0-2019-9535)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-10-09 19:15 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:11

Title

iTerm2, up to and including version 3.3.5, with tmux integration is vulnerable to remote command execution

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-349

Assigner

certcc mitre root

References

3 references

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Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
iTerm2	iTerm2	Affected: 3.3.5 , ≤ 3.3.5 (custom)

Date Public

2019-10-09 00:00

Credits

Thanks to Stefan Grönke and Fabian Freyer of Radically Open Security for finding this vulnerability, the Mozilla Open Source Support (MOSS) project for supporting the audit, and George Nachman of iTerm2 for developing the fix, and all parties for coordinating this vulnerability.

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