CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command (OS Command Injection), page 83
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The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command before it is sent to a downstream component.
What the weakness is: CWE-78 at MITRE
Related attack patterns (CAPEC): 5
- CAPEC-6 Argument Injection Likelihood: High · Severity: High
- CAPEC-15 Command Delimiters Likelihood: High · Severity: High
- CAPEC-43 Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers Likelihood: Medium · Severity: High
- CAPEC-88 OS Command Injection Likelihood: High · Severity: High
- CAPEC-108 Command Line Execution through SQL Injection Likelihood: Low · Severity: Very High
The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to CWE-78, as MITRE names them. Credits.
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