Name: CVE-2017-16926: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-11-22T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-16926, CWE-78, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.06409

Ohcount 3.0.0 is prone to a command injection via specially crafted filenames containing shell metacharacters, which can be exploited by an attacker (providing a source tree for Ohcount processing) to execute arbitrary code as the user running Ohcount.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade ohcount	Jul 30, 2024	Nov 22, 2017
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Nov 22, 2017

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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