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Paper/Archive/CVE-2020-15692

CVE-2020-15692

mitre — In Nim 1.2.4, the standard library browsers mishandles the URL argument to browsers.openDefaultBrowser.

EPSS 4%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
48
CVSS 9.8 (NVD)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 91.0.910 × 2018.2No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: unknown+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

In Nim 1.2.4, the standard library browsers mishandles the URL argument to browsers.openDefaultBrowser. This argument can be a local file path that will be opened in the default explorer. An attacker can pass one argument to the underlying open command to execute arbitrary registered system commands.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
n/an/a–CNA

Scores by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

refgithub.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/dc5a40f3f39c6ea672e6dc6aca7f8118a69dda99/lib/pure/browsers.nim#L48refnim-lang.org/blog/2020/07/30/versions-126-and-108-released.htmlrefopenwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/04/1refconsensys.net/diligence/vulnerabilities/nim-browsers-argument-injection