CVE-2020-15692
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2020-15692 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2020-08-14 19:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2021-02-08 20:44:00 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-88
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nim - stdlib Browsers - `open` Argument Injection | ConsenSys Diligence | MISC | consensys.net | Exploit, Third Party Advisory |
| oss-security - [CVE-2020-15692] Nim - stdlib Browsers - `open` Argument Injection | MLIST | www.openwall.com | Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Nim/browsers.nim at dc5a40f3f39c6ea672e6dc6aca7f8118a69dda99 · nim-lang/Nim · GitHub | MISC | github.com | Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Versions 1.2.6 and 1.0.8 released - Nim Blog | CONFIRM | nim-lang.org | Release Notes, Third Party Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 180648 Debian Security Update for nim (CVE-2020-15692)