External Control of File Name or Path Affecting vnotex/vnote package, versions [,3.18.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.13% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VNOTEXVNOTE-7444640
  • published12 Jul 2024
  • disclosed11 Jul 2024
  • creditHijack-Everything

Introduced: 11 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-39904  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-73  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade vnotex/vnote to version 3.18.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to External Control of File Name or Path through crafted URIs in notes. An attacker can execute arbitrary code by embedding a reference to a local executable file, such as file:///C:/WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1