Paper/Archive/CVE-2020-26292

CVE-2020-26292

chatter-social Creeper — Potential Malware Discovered (Possible False Positive)

CVSS 9.8 (NVD)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4 Not in CISA KEV+300.0 EPSS percentile 58.8.588 × 2011.8 No public exploit+100.0 SSVC exploitation: unknown+100.0

Description · from the CVE record

Creeper is an experimental dynamic, interpreted language. The binary release of Creeper Interpreter 1.1.3 contains potential malware. The compromised binary release was available for a few hours between December 26, 2020 at 3:22 PM EST to December 26, 2020 at 11:00 PM EST. If you used the source code, you are **NOT** affected. This only affects the binary releases. The binary of unknown quality has been removed from the release. If you have downloaded the binary, please delete it and run a reputable antivirus scanner to ensure that your computer is clean.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource

Creeper= 1.1.3–CNA

Scores by source

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

GitHub_M (CNA)3.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

refgithub.com/chatter-social/Creeper/security/advisories/GHSA-9v67-g2rg-m33j