CVE-2020-15692 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0209.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Nim-lang	Nim

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nim-lang:nim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-7679	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/04/1
https://consensys.net/diligence/vulnerabilities/nim-browsers-argument-injection/
https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/dc5a40f3f39c6ea672e6dc6aca7f8118a69dda99/lib/pure/browsers.nim#L48
https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/07/30/versions-126-and-108-released.html

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-08-14T18:45:35

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:22:30.730Z

Reserved: 2020-07-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-15692

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-08-14T19:15:12.317

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:06:01.557

Link: CVE-2020-15692

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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