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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-28085 Detail

Description

wall in util-linux through 2.40, often installed with setgid tty permissions, allows escape sequences to be sent to other users' terminals through argv. (Specifically, escape sequences received from stdin are blocked, but escape sequences received from argv are not blocked.) There may be plausible scenarios where this leads to account takeover.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/27/5 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/27/6 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/27/7 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/27/8 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/27/9 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/28/1 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/28/2 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/28/3 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/skyler-ferrante/CVE-2024-28085 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/security/advisories/GHSA-xv2h-c6ww-mrjq CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00005.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/ CVE, MITRE Product 
https://people.rit.edu/sjf5462/6831711781/wall_2_27_2024.txt CVE, MITRE Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240531-0003/ CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/27/5 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-150 Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences CISA-ADP  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-28085
NVD Published Date:
03/27/2024
NVD Last Modified:
03/20/2025
Source:
MITRE