CVE-2020-11073

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-11073
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-13 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-11-04 17:51:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Autoswitch Python Virtualenv before version 0.16.0, a user who enters a directory with a malicious `.venv` file could run arbitrary code without any user interaction. This is fixed in version: 1.16.0

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Autoswitch Python Virtualenv Project Autoswitch Python Virtualenv All All All All
Application Autoswitch Python Virtualenv Project Autoswitch Python Virtualenv All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Remote Code Execution from malicious `.venv` files · Advisory · MichaelAquilina/zsh-autoswitch-virtualenv · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
Malicious scripts in untrusted directories are executed · Issue #122 · MichaelAquilina/zsh-autoswitch-virtualenv · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Merge pull request #123 from MichaelAquilina/fix/insecure_activation · MichaelAquilina/zsh-autoswitch-virtualenv@30c77db · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
fix: insecure activation of virtualenvs by MichaelAquilina · Pull Request #123 · MichaelAquilina/zsh-autoswitch-virtualenv · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
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