java.lang.security.audit.command-injection-process-builder.command-injection-process-builder
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A formatted or concatenated string was detected as input to a ProcessBuilder call. This is dangerous if a variable is controlled by user input and could result in a command injection. Ensure your variables are not controlled by users or sufficiently sanitized.
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Defintion
rules:
- id: command-injection-process-builder
pattern-either:
- patterns:
- pattern: |
new ProcessBuilder($CMD,...)
- pattern-not-inside: |
$CMD = "...";
...
- pattern-not-inside: |
$CMD = Arrays.asList("...",...);
...
- pattern-not-inside: |
$CMD = new String[]{"...",...};
...
- pattern-not: |
new ProcessBuilder("...",...)
- pattern-not: |
new ProcessBuilder(new String[]{"...",...},...)
- pattern-not: |
new ProcessBuilder(Arrays.asList("...",...),...)
- patterns:
- pattern: |
$PB.command($CMD,...)
- pattern-inside: |
$TYPE $PB = new ProcessBuilder(...);
...
- pattern-not-inside: |
$CMD = "...";
...
- pattern-not-inside: |
$CMD = Arrays.asList("...",...);
...
- pattern-not-inside: |
$CMD = new String[]{"...",...};
...
- pattern-not: |
$PB.command("...",...)
- pattern-not: |
$PB.command(new String[]{"...",...},...)
- pattern-not: |
$PB.command(Arrays.asList("...",...),...)
- patterns:
- pattern-either:
- pattern: >
new
ProcessBuilder("=~/(sh|bash|ksh|csh|tcsh|zsh)/","-c",$ARG,...)
- pattern: |
new ProcessBuilder("cmd","/c",$ARG,...)
- pattern: |
new ProcessBuilder(Arrays.asList("cmd","/c",$ARG,...),...)
- pattern: |
new ProcessBuilder(new String[]{"cmd","/c",$ARG,...},...)
- patterns:
- pattern-either:
- pattern: |
new ProcessBuilder($CMD,"/c",$ARG,...)
- pattern: >
new
ProcessBuilder(Arrays.asList($CMD,"/c",$ARG,...),...)
- pattern: >
new ProcessBuilder(new
String[]{$CMD,"/c",$ARG,...},...)
- pattern-inside: |
$CMD = "cmd";
...
- pattern-not-inside: |
$ARG = "...";
...
- pattern-not: |
new ProcessBuilder("...","...","...",...)
- pattern-not: |
new ProcessBuilder(new String[]{"...","...","...",...},...)
- pattern-not: |
new ProcessBuilder(Arrays.asList("...","...","...",...),...)
- patterns:
- pattern-either:
- pattern: |
$PB.command("=~/(sh|bash|ksh|csh|tcsh|zsh)/","-c",$ARG,...)
- pattern: |
$PB.command("cmd","/c",$ARG,...)
- pattern: >
$PB.command(Arrays.asList("=~/(sh|bash|ksh|csh|tcsh|zsh)/","-c",$ARG,...),...)
- pattern: |
$PB.command(Arrays.asList("cmd","/c",$ARG,...),...)
- pattern: >
$PB.command(new
String[]{"=~/(sh|bash|ksh|csh|tcsh|zsh)/","-c",$ARG,...},...)
- pattern: |
$PB.command(new String[]{"cmd","/c",$ARG,...},...)
- patterns:
- pattern-either:
- pattern: |
$PB.command($CMD,"-c",$ARG,...)
- pattern: |
$PB.command(Arrays.asList($CMD,"-c",$ARG,...),...)
- pattern: |
$PB.command(new String[]{$CMD,"-c",$ARG,...},...)
- pattern-inside: |
$CMD = "=~/(sh|bash|ksh|csh|tcsh|zsh)/";
...
- patterns:
- pattern-either:
- pattern: |
$PB.command($CMD,"/c",$ARG,...)
- pattern: |
$PB.command(Arrays.asList($CMD,"/c",$ARG,...),...)
- pattern: |
$PB.command(new String[]{$CMD,"/c",$ARG,...},...)
- pattern-inside: |
$CMD = "cmd";
...
- pattern-inside: |
$TYPE $PB = new ProcessBuilder(...);
...
- pattern-not-inside: |
$ARG = "...";
...
- pattern-not: |
$PB.command("...","...","...",...)
- pattern-not: |
$PB.command(new String[]{"...","...","...",...},...)
- pattern-not: |
$PB.command(Arrays.asList("...","...","...",...),...)
message: A formatted or concatenated string was detected as input to a
ProcessBuilder call. This is dangerous if a variable is controlled by user
input and could result in a command injection. Ensure your variables are
not controlled by users or sufficiently sanitized.
metadata:
cwe:
- "CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS
Command ('OS Command Injection')"
owasp:
- A01:2017 - Injection
- A03:2021 - Injection
category: security
technology:
- java
references:
- https://owasp.org/Top10/A03_2021-Injection
cwe2022-top25: true
cwe2021-top25: true
subcategory:
- audit
likelihood: LOW
impact: HIGH
confidence: LOW
license: Commons Clause License Condition v1.0[LGPL-2.1-only]
severity: ERROR
languages:
- java
Examples
command-injection-process-builder.java
public class TestExecutor {
private Pair<Integer, String> test1(String command, Logger logAppender) throws IOException {
String[] cmd = new String[3];
String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
if (osName.startsWith("Windows")) {
cmd[0] = "cmd.exe";
cmd[1] = "/C";
} else {
cmd[0] = "/bin/bash";
cmd[1] = "-c";
}
cmd[2] = command;
// ruleid: command-injection-process-builder
ProcessBuilder builder = new ProcessBuilder(cmd);
builder.redirectErrorStream(true);
Process proc = builder.start();
return Pair.newPair(1, "Killed");
}
public String test2(String userInput) {
ProcessBuilder builder = new ProcessBuilder();
// ruleid: command-injection-process-builder
builder.command(userInput);
return "foo";
}
public String test3(String userInput) {
ProcessBuilder builder = new ProcessBuilder();
// ruleid: command-injection-process-builder
builder.command("bash", "-c", userInput);
return "foo";
}
public String test4(String userInput) {
ProcessBuilder builder = new ProcessBuilder();
// ruleid: command-injection-process-builder
builder.command("cmd", "/c", userInput);
return "foo";
}
public String okTest() {
ProcessBuilder builder = new ProcessBuilder();
// ok: command-injection-process-builder
builder.command("bash", "-c", "ls");
return "foo";
}
}
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