# CVE-2017-1000487: Plexus-utils before 3.0.16 is vulnerable to command injection because it does not correctly process the contents of double quoted strings.

- Also known as: GHSA-8VHQ-QQ4P-GRQ3, SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-31522
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 3.0.16
- Published: 2018-01-03 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils (Maven): fixed in 3.0.16

## Description

Plexus-utils before 3.0.16 is vulnerable to command injection because it does not correctly process the contents of double quoted strings.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils, upgrade to a fixed version (3.0.16) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00011.html
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-31522
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4149
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4146
- https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils/commit/b38a1b3a4352303e4312b2bb601a0d7ec6e28f41
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00010.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2e94f72f53df432302d359fd66cfa9e9efb8d42633d54579a4377e62%40%3Cdev.avro.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9584c4304c888f651d214341a939bd264ed30c9e3d0d30fe85097ecf%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://github.com/shoucheng3/codehaus-plexus__plexus-utils_CVE-2017-1000487_3-0-15

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