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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-VNOTEXVNOTE-7444640
  • published 12 Jul 2024
  • disclosed 11 Jul 2024
  • credit Hijack-Everything

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 Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
8.7 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Passive
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    High
  • Integrity (VI)
    High
  • Availability (VA)
    High
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None