CVE-2017-15924 describes a command injection vulnerability in shadowsocks-libev 3.1.0, specifically within the ss-manager component, affecting Debian and Shadowsocks products. An attacker can exploit this by sending specially crafted JSON configuration requests containing shell metacharacters via UDP to 127.0.0.1. This vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:shadowsocks:shadowsocks-libev:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:shadowsocks:shadowsocks-libev:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:shadowsocks:shadowsocks-libev:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:shadowsocks:shadowsocks-libev:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:shadowsocks:shadowsocks-libev:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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