CVE-2017-16618

Summary

CVECVE-2017-16618
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-08 03:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionAn exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML loading functionality of util.py in OwlMixin before 2.0.0a12. A "Load YAML" string or file (aka load_yaml or load_yamlf) can execute arbitrary Python commands resulting in command execution because load is used where safe_load should have been used. An attacker can insert Python into loaded YAML to trigger this vulnerability.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Owlmixin Project Owlmixin All All All All
Application Owlmixin Project Owlmixin 2.0.0 alpha1 All All
Application Owlmixin Project Owlmixin 2.0.0 alpha10 All All
Application Owlmixin Project Owlmixin 2.0.0 alpha11 All All
Application Owlmixin Project Owlmixin 2.0.0 alpha2 All All
Application Owlmixin Project Owlmixin 2.0.0 alpha3 All All
Application Owlmixin Project Owlmixin 2.0.0 alpha4 All All
Application Owlmixin Project Owlmixin 2.0.0 alpha5 All All
Application Owlmixin Project Owlmixin 2.0.0 alpha6 All All
Application Owlmixin Project Owlmixin 2.0.0 alpha7 All All
Application Owlmixin Project Owlmixin 2.0.0 alpha8 All All
Application Owlmixin Project Owlmixin 2.0.0 alpha9 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
load_yaml and load_yamlf methods is vulnerable · Issue #12 · tadashi-aikawa/owlmixin · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
:scream: Fix vulnerability of `load_yaml` and `load_yamlf` (#12) · tadashi-aikawa/owlmixin@5d05753 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2017-16618: Convert through OwlMixin - Joel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981133 Python (pip) Security Update for owlmixin (GHSA-ccmq-qvcp-5mrm)

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