CVE-2023-50260— Wazuh's vulnerability in host_deny AR script allows arbitrary command execution

Wazuh's vulnerability in host_deny AR script allows arbitrary command execution

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. A wrong validation in the `host_deny` script allows to write any string in the `hosts.deny` file, which can end in an arbitrary command execution on the target system. This vulnerability is part of the active response feature, which can automatically triggers actions in response to alerts. By default, active responses are limited to a set of pre defined executables. This is enforced by only allowing executables stored under `/var/ossec/active-response/bin` to be run as an active response. However, the `/var/ossec/active-response/bin/host_deny` can be exploited. `host_deny` is used to add IP address to the `/etc/hosts.deny` file to block incoming connections on a service level by using TCP wrappers. Attacker can inject arbitrary command into the `/etc/hosts.deny` file and execute arbitrary command by using the spawn directive. The active response can be triggered by writing events either to the local `execd` queue on server or to the `ar` queue which forwards the events to agents. So, it can leads to LPE on server as root and RCE on agent as root. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.7.2.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

对生成代码的控制不恰当(代码注入)

Wazuh 安全漏洞

Wazuh是 Wazuh开源的一个应用软件。用于收集，汇总，索引和分析安全数据，帮助组织检测入侵，威胁和行为异常。 Wazuh 4.2.0 到 4.7.2版本存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于 host_deny 允许在 hosts.deny 文件中写入任何字符串，导致在目标系统上执行任意命令。

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