CVE-2019-13638

GNU patch through 2.7.6 is vulnerable to OS shell command injection that can be exploited by opening a crafted patch file that contains an ed style diff payload with shell metacharacters. The ed editor does not need to be present on the vulnerable system. This is different from CVE-2018-1000156.

• CVE ID
• CVE-2019-13638

• Assigner
• cve@mitre.org

• Vulnerability Status
• Modified

• Published Version
• 2019-07-26T13:15:12

• Last Modified Date
• 2019-08-16T12:15:10

• Version
• 2.0

• Vector String
• AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

• Access Vector
• NETWORK

• Access Compatibility
• MEDIUM

• Authentication
• NONE

• Confidentiality Impact
• COMPLETE

• Integrity Impact
• COMPLETE

• Availability Impact
• COMPLETE

• Base Score
• 9.3

• Severity
• HIGH

• Exploitability Score
• 8.6

• Impact Score
• 10

• Version
• 3.0

• Vector String
• CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack Vector
• LOCAL

• Attack Compatibility
• LOW

• Privileges Required
• NONE

• User Interaction
• REQUIRED

• Scope
• UNCHANGED

• Confidentiality Impact
• HIGH

• Availability Impact
• HIGH

• Base Score
• 7.8

• Base Severity
• HIGH

• Exploitability Score
• 1.8

• Impact Score
• 5.9