PyInstaller bundles a Python application and all its dependencies into a single package. A PyInstaller built application, elevated as a privileged process, may be tricked by an unprivileged attacker into deleting files the unprivileged user does not otherwise have access to. A user is affected if **all** the following are satisfied: 1. The user runs an application containing either `matplotlib` or `win32com`. 2. The application is ran as administrator (or at least a user with higher privileges than the attacker). 3. The user's temporary directory is not locked to that specific user (most likely due to `TMP`/`TEMP` environment variables pointing to an unprotected, arbitrary, non default location). Either: A. The attacker is able to very carefully time the replacement of a temporary file with a symlink. This switch must occur exactly between `shutil.rmtree()`'s builtin symlink check and the deletion itself B: The application was built with Python 3.7.x or earlier which has no protection against Directory Junctions links. The vulnerability has been addressed in PR #7827 which corresponds to `pyinstaller >= 5.13.1`. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-12-09T00:42:46.182Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:01:26.027Z

Reserved: 2023-11-30T13:39:50.863Z

Link: CVE-2023-49797

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-09T01:15:07.333

Modified: 2023-12-19T04:15:07.343

Link: CVE-2023-49797

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