CVE-2020-15692

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.

CVSS v3.1

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

4.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 90th percentile

Published

2020-08-14

Updated

2024-08-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/04/1

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2020-15690
• CVE-2020-15693
• CVE-2020-15688
• CVE-2020-15694
• CVE-2020-15685
• CVE-2020-15716