CVE-2023-39469 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2023-39469

PaperCut NG External User Lookup Code Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

7.2 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

PaperCut NG External User Lookup Code Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PaperCut NG. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the External User Lookup functionality. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute Java code. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-21013.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

PaperCut

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Affected Software

NG

Vulnerable Versions:

22.0.12

Timeline

Official Publish: May 3rd, 2024

Last Modified: August 2nd, 2024

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1505.003 Web Shell

T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

Command and Control

T1565.002 Stored Data Manipulation