Vulnerability in GraphicsMagick (CVE-2016-5118)
Summary
Vulnerability in GraphicsMagick (CVE-2016-5118). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The OpenBlob function in blob.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.24 and ImageMagick allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a | (pipe) character at the start of a filename.
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2016-5118 has been found in GraphicsMagick.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "GraphicsMagick CVE-2016-5118" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2016-5118 (GraphicsMagick)
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in GraphicsMagick.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of GraphicsMagick.
Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'GraphicsMagick' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'GraphicsMagick' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
GraphicsMagickを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory git.imagemagick.org
- advisory hg.code.sf.net
- advisory lists.opensuse.org
- advisory lists.opensuse.org
- advisory lists.opensuse.org
- advisory lists.opensuse.org
- advisory lists.opensuse.org
- advisory lists.opensuse.org
- advisory lists.opensuse.org
- advisory debian.org
- advisory debian.org
- advisory openwall.com
- advisory openwall.com
- advisory oracle.com
- advisory oracle.com
- advisory securityfocus.com
- advisory securitytracker.com
- advisory securitytracker.com
- advisory slackware.com
- advisory ubuntu.com
- advisory access.redhat.com
- web hg.code.sf.net