ImageMagick Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Exploited in the wild: on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since 2021-11-03
• EPSS: 75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (higher than 100% of CVEs)

[ Description ]Official description

The EPHEMERAL coder in ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x before 7.0.1-1 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a crafted image.

CISA: ImageMagick contains an unspecified vulnerability that could allow users to delete files by using ImageMagick's 'ephemeral' pseudo protocol, which deletes files after reading.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

CISA required action (US federal deadline 3 May 2022): Apply updates per vendor instructions.

• Patch on git.imagemagick.orgVendor patch or bulletin · NVD · Reference tagged 'Patch' by NVD

[ References ]References

• git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/blob/a01518e08c840577cabd7d3ff291a9ba735f7276/Cha…Broken LinkPatch
• lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00024.htmlThird Party Advisory
• lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00025.htmlThird Party Advisory
• lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00028.htmlThird Party Advisory
• lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00032.htmlThird Party Advisory
• lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00051.htmlThird Party Advisory
• rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0726.htmlThird Party Advisory
• www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3580Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
• www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
• www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/18Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
• www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlThird Party Advisory
• www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlThird Party Advisory
• www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538378/100/0/threadedBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• www.securityfocus.com/bid/89852Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• www.slackware.com/security/viewer.phpMailing ListThird Party Advisory
• www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2990-1Third Party Advisory
• security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-21Third Party Advisory
• www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39767ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.phpExploitVendor Advisory
• www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.phpRelease Notes
• www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogUS Government Resource