CVE-2010-3753

Openswan: Gateway arbitrary execution via shell metacharacters in the cisco_banner

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

programs/pluto/xauth.c in the client in Openswan 2.6.26 through 2.6.28 allows remote authenticated gateways to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the cisco_banner (aka server_banner) field, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3308.

programs/pluto/xauth.c en el cliente en Openswan v2.6.26 a v2.6.28 permite ejecutar, a gateways autenticados remotos, comandos de su elección a través de metacaracteres encubiertos en el campo cisco_banner (también conocido como server_banner). Se trata de una vulnerabilidad diferente a CVE-2010-3308.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2010-10-05 CVE Reserved
2010-10-05 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43588	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024749	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.openswan.org/download/CVE-2010-3308/openswan-2.6.26-2.6.28-CVE-2010-330x.patch	2019-07-29

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.openswan.org/download/CVE-2010-3308/CVE-2010-3308.txt	2019-07-29
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0892.html	2019-07-29
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2526	2019-07-29
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3753	2010-11-16
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640715	2010-11-16

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Xelerance Search vendor "Xelerance"		Openswan Search vendor "Xelerance" for product "Openswan"				2.6.26 Search vendor "Xelerance" for product "Openswan" and version "2.6.26"		-		Affected
Xelerance Search vendor "Xelerance"		Openswan Search vendor "Xelerance" for product "Openswan"				2.6.27 Search vendor "Xelerance" for product "Openswan" and version "2.6.27"		-		Affected
Xelerance Search vendor "Xelerance"		Openswan Search vendor "Xelerance" for product "Openswan"				2.6.28 Search vendor "Xelerance" for product "Openswan" and version "2.6.28"		-		Affected