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🛡️ CVE-2024-56334 — systeminformation

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-94 NVD
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Systeminformation has command injection vulnerability in getWindowsIEEE8021x (SSID)

Summary

The SSID is not sanitized when before it is passed as a parameter to cmd.exe in the getWindowsIEEE8021x function. This means that malicious content in the SSID can be executed as OS commands.

Details

I have exploited this vulnerability in a Windows service using version 5.22.11 of the module, to escalate privileges (in an environment where I am authorized to do so). However, as far as I can see from the code, it is still present in master branch at time of writing, on line [403/404 of network.js](https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/blob/3a92931c7d46605ffddc1aacb97a9727273b2888/lib/network.js#L403).

The SSID is obtained from netsh wlan show interface ... in getWindowsWirelessIfaceSSID, and then passed to cmd.exe /d /s /c "netsh wlan show profiles ... in getWindowsIEEE8021x, without sanitization.

PoC

First, the command injection payload should be included in the connected Wi-Fi SSID. For example create hotspot on mobile phone or other laptop, set SSID to payload, connect to it with victim Windows system. Two example SSID's to demonstrate exploitation are below.

Demonstration to run ping command indefinitely:

```

a" | ping /t 127.0.0.1 &

```

Run executable with privileges of the user in which vulnerable function is executed. Chosen executable should should be placed in (assuming system drive is C): C:\a\a.exe.

```

a" | %SystemDrive%\a\a.exe &

```

Then, the vulnerable function can be executed on the victim system, for example, using:

```

const si = require('systeminformation');

si.networkInterfaces((net) => { console.log(net) });

```

Now the chosen command, PING.exe or a.exe will be run through the cmd.exe command line.

Impact

This vulnerability may enable an attacker, depending on how the package is used, to perform remote code execution or local privilege escalation.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-56334 is classified as CWE-94: Code Injection. Input is incorporated into code that the runtime evaluates, so an attacker can have their own code executed.

Affected software

CVE-2024-56334 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • systeminformation
  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 20 December 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)

Other advisories for this package

systeminformation has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-94: Code Injection) in other software:

CVE-2024-56334 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-94
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-12-20
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2024-12-20
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
systeminformation — —
unknown — —

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