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Advisory details: project_kb_statements / CVE-2019-0232
Advisory ID project_kb_statements/CVE-2019-0232
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Summary 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 Wulftange's 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/).
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
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Reference id Reference type URL
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Data source Exploit-DB
Date added July 3, 2019
Description Apache Tomcat - CGIServlet enableCmdLineArguments Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date July 3, 2019
Exploit type remote
Platform windows
Source update date July 3, 2019
Source URL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/tomcat_cgi_cmdlineargs.rb
Data source Metasploit
Description This module exploits a vulnerability in Apache Tomcat's CGIServlet component. When the enableCmdLineArguments setting is set to true, a remote user can abuse this to execute system commands, and gain remote code execution.
Note 
SideEffects:
  - ioc-in-logs
  - artifacts-on-disk
Reliability:
  - repeatable-session
Stability:
  - crash-safe
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source publication date April 10, 2019
Platform Windows
Source URL https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/tomcat_cgi_cmdlineargs.rb

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