ImageMagick Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability

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.

CheckOps priority index

6.3/10 Patch within 7 days

Severity5.5

Probability7.5

Exploitation3/5

Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.

EPSS · today 75.3% higher than 99.5% of CVEs

CVSS 3.1 5.5 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:

Exploited for 1,826 days 03 Nov 2021

CISA due date 03 May 2022 for US federal agencies

Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST

EPSS probability (%)Percentile among all CVEs

Exploitation signals 3 / 5

KEV catalog (CISA)03 Nov 2021
Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)03 Nov 2021
Used by ransomwareno
EPSS above 10 %75.3%
No account, over the networkno

What to do

Fix

Update to a fixed version: 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2

CISA guidance: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Meanwhile

Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.

Manufacturers (CRA)

Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained

Affected products

ImageMagick

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-284

Open source packages OSV

imagemagickDebian:12 · CVE-2016-3715
fixed in 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2

Timeline

05 May 2016
Published
03 Nov 2021
Exploitation reported (ENISA)
03 Nov 2021
Added to the KEV catalog
03 May 2022
CISA remediation due date
26 Sept 2026
EPSS peak: 75.3%

Other exploited vulnerabilities from the same vendor

CVE-2016-3714ImageMagick Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
8.1 · Background exploitation
CVE-2016-3718ImageMagick Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability
6.3 · Background exploitation