Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting hfs package, versions [,2.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
9.19% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-HFS-2380538
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed10 Oct 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Oct 2014

CVE-2014-7226  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade hfs to version 2.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE). The file comment feature in Rejetto HTTP File Server (hfs) 2.3c and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with certain invalid UTF-8 byte sequences that are interpreted as executable macro symbols.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1