Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') Affecting microsoft.windowsdesktop.app.runtime.win-arm64 package, versions [,6.0.29) [7.0.0,7.0.18) [8.0.0,8.0.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DOTNET-MICROSOFTWINDOWSDESKTOPAPPRUNTIMEWINARM64-6594462
  • published 10 Apr 2024
  • disclosed 9 Apr 2024
  • credit wh1tc, Zhiniang Peng

How to fix?

Upgrade Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-arm64 to version 6.0.29, 7.0.18, 8.0.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') due to improper handling of object lifecycles during the failure of CPimcManager object creation. An attacker can execute arbitrary code on the target system by convincing a user to open a specially crafted file or application.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.3 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

7.3 high
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Red Hat

7.3 high