Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting powershell package, versions [,7.0.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.45% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DOTNET-POWERSHELL-6227508
  • published4 Feb 2024
  • disclosed14 Jan 2020
  • creditSoroush Dalili

Introduced: 14 Jan 2020

CVE-2020-0605  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade PowerShell to version 7.0.0 or higher.

Overview

PowerShell is a package containing the PowerShell global tool

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) when the software fails to check the source markup of a file. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user.

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