CVE-2022-23597

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-23597
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-02-01 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-02-04 17:20:00 UTC
DescriptionElement Desktop is a Matrix client for desktop platforms with Element Web at its core. Element Desktop before 1.9.7 is vulnerable to a remote program execution bug with user interaction. The exploit is non-trivial and requires clicking on a malicious link, followed by another button click. To the best of our knowledge, the vulnerability has never been exploited in the wild. If you are using Element Desktop < 1.9.7, we recommend upgrading at your earliest convenience. If successfully exploited, the vulnerability allows an attacker to specify a file path of a binary on the victim's computer which then gets executed. Notably, the attacker does *not* have the ability to specify program arguments. However, in certain unspecified configurations, the attacker may be able to specify an URI instead of a file path which then gets handled using standard platform mechanisms. These may allow exploiting further vulnerabilities in those mechanisms, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Element Desktop All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Remote program execution with user interaction · Advisory · vector-im/element-desktop · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
Merge pull request from GHSA-mjrg-9f8r-h3m7 · vector-im/element-desktop@89b1e39 · GitHub MISC github.com
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