cve/2024/CVE-2024-29185.md

### [CVE-2024-29185](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-29185)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=freescout&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=%3D%20%3C%201.8.128%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-78%3A%20Improper%20Neutralization%20of%20Special%20Elements%20used%20in%20an%20OS%20Command%20('OS%20Command%20Injection')&color=brighgreen)

### Description

FreeScout is a self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Versions prior to 1.8.128 are vulnerable to OS Command Injection in the /public/tools.php source file. The value of the php_path parameter is being executed as an OS command by the shell_exec function, without validating it. This allows an adversary to execute malicious OS commands on the server. A practical demonstration of the successful command injection attack extracted the /etc/passwd file of the server. This represented the complete compromise of the server hosting the FreeScout application. This attack requires an attacker to know the `App_Key` of the application. This limitation makes the Attack Complexity to be High. If an attacker gets hold of the `App_Key`, the attacker can compromise the Complete server on which the application is deployed. Version 1.8.128 contains a patch for this issue.

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#### Github
- https://github.com/NaInSec/CVE-LIST