Description
Embedthis GoAhead before 3.6.5 allows remote code execution if CGI is enabled and a CGI program is dynamically linked. This is a result of initializing the environment of forked CGI scripts using untrusted HTTP request parameters in the cgiHandler function in cgi.c. When combined with the glibc dynamic linker, this behaviour can be abused for remote code execution using special parameter names such as LD_PRELOAD. An attacker can POST their shared object payload in the body of the request, and reference it using /proc/self/fd/0.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 8.1/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040702Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/elttam/advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-17562Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/commit/6f786c123196eb622625a920d54048629a7caa74Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/issues/249Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.elttam.com.au/blog/goahead/Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43360/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43877/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040702Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/elttam/advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-17562Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/commit/6f786c123196eb622625a920d54048629a7caa74Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/issues/249Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.elttam.com.au/blog/goahead/Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43360/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43877/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-17562US Government Resource
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 12, 2017
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- Added to CISA KEV
- Dec 10, 2021
- NVD status
- Analyzed