CVE-2019-16941

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-16941
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-09-28 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-04 21:15:00 UTC
DescriptionNSA Ghidra through 9.0.4, when experimental mode is enabled, allows arbitrary code execution if the Read XML Files feature of Bit Patterns Explorer is used with a modified XML document. This occurs in Features/BytePatterns/src/main/java/ghidra/bitpatterns/info/FileBitPatternInfoReader.java. An attack could start with an XML document that was originally created by DumpFunctionPatternInfoScript but then directly modified by an attacker (for example, to make a java.lang.Runtime.exec call).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-91

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nsa Ghidra All All All All

References

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GitHub - purpleracc00n/CVE-2019-16941: PoC for CVE-2019-16941 MISC github.com
RCE possible in Function Bit Patterns Explorer Plugin · Issue #1090 · NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
NSA/CSS on Twitter: "#Ghidra Users: A flaw currently exists within Ghidra versions through 9.0.4. The conditions needed to exploit this flaw are rare and a patch is currently being worked. This flaw is not a serious issue as long as you don’t accept XML files from an untrusted source." MISC twitter.com
Ghidra CVE-2019-16941 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability | Symantec MISC www.symantec.com
ghidra/FileBitPatternInfoReader.java at 79d8f164f8bb8b15cfb60c5d4faeb8e1c25d15ca · NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/GT-3198_dev747368_fix_XMLDecoder… · NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra@a17728f · GitHub MISC github.com
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