CVE-2024-3566

critical

Description

A command inject vulnerability allows an attacker to perform command injection on Windows applications that indirectly depend on the CreateProcess function when the specific conditions are satisfied.

References

https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/123335

https://www.securityweek.com/batbadbut-command-injection-vulnerability-affects-multiple-programming-languages/

https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/123335

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-24576

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22423

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1874

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/twistylittlepassagesallalike/everyone-quotes-command-line-arguments-the-wrong-way

https://github.com/nu11secur1ty/Windows11Exploits/tree/main/2024/CVE-2024-3566

https://flatt.tech/research/posts/batbadbut-you-cant-securely-execute-commands-on-windows/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-04-10

Updated: 2025-11-18

Named Vulnerability: BatBadBut

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H