CVE-2021-38112

In the Amazon AWS WorkSpaces client 3.0.10 through 3.1.8 on Windows, argument injection in the workspaces:// URI handler can lead to remote code execution because of the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) --gpu-launcher argument. This is fixed in 3.1.9.

CVSS v3.1 NVD

8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

7.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 94th percentile

Published

2021-09-22

Updated

2024-08-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/cve-2021-38112-aws-workspaces-rce/

Security advisories

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/workspaces/latest/userguide/amazon-workspaces-windows-client…
• https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/cve-2021-38112-aws-workspaces-rce

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry