Improper Access Control Affecting gnachman/iterm2 package, versions [3.5.0,3.5.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
6.23% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GNACHMANITERM2-7266534
  • published16 Jun 2024
  • disclosed16 Jun 2024
  • creditDavid Leadbeater

Introduced: 16 Jun 2024

CVE-2024-38395  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade gnachman/iterm2 to version 3.5.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control due to the improper handling of the Terminal may report window title setting. An attacker can execute arbitrary code on the system by exploiting this misconfiguration. This is only exploitable if the attacker can manipulate the window title through crafted escape sequences.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1