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CVE-2022-45639

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-01-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

OS Command injection vulnerability in sleuthkit fls tool 4.11.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted value to the m parameter. NOTE: third parties have disputed this because there is no analysis showing that the backtick command executes outside the context of the user account that entered the command line.

Affected products

• sleuthkit: 4.11.1

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171649/Sleuthkit-4.11.1-Command-Injection.html
• http://www.binaryworld.it/
• https://www.binaryworld.it/guidepoc.asp#CVE-2022-45639
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171649/Sleuthkit-4.11.1-Command-Injection.html
• http://www.binaryworld.it/
• https://www.binaryworld.it/guidepoc.asp#CVE-2022-45639

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