CVE-2022-40277

Summary

CVECVE-2022-40277
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-09-30 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-04 17:20:00 UTC
DescriptionJoplin version 2.8.8 allows an external attacker to execute arbitrary commands remotely on any client that opens a link in a malicious markdown file, via Joplin. This is possible because the application does not properly validate the schema/protocol of existing links in the markdown file before passing them to the 'shell.openExternal' function.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Application Joplinapp Joplin 2.8.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Joplin 2.8.8 - Remote Command Execution | Fluid Attacks MISC fluidattacks.com
GitHub - laurent22/joplin: Joplin - an open source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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