Vulnerability in Plexus-utils (CVE-2017-1000487)
Summary
Vulnerability in Plexus-utils (CVE-2017-1000487). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Plexus-utils before 3.0.16 is vulnerable to command injection because it does not correctly process the contents of double quoted strings.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-1000487 has been found in Plexus-utils.
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 "Plexus-utils CVE-2017-1000487" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-1000487 (Plexus-utils)
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 Plexus-utils.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Plexus-utils.
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 'Plexus-utils' . 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 'Plexus-utils' . | 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
Plexus-utils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。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000487 plexus-utils2 Fixed in: 3.0.22-1
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package github.com
- web lists.apache.org
- web lists.apache.org
- web lists.apache.org
- web lists.apache.org
- web access.redhat.com
- web lists.debian.org
- web lists.debian.org
- web debian.org
- web debian.org
- web github.com
- web snyk.io
- web lists.apache.org
- web lists.apache.org
- web lists.apache.org
- web lists.apache.org