An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML loading functionality of util.py in OwlMixin before 2.0.0a12. A "Load YAML" string or file (aka load_yaml or load_yamlf) can execute arbitrary Python commands resulting in command execution because load is used where safe_load should have been used. An attacker can insert Python into loaded YAML to trigger this vulnerability.
References
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https://github.com/tadashi-aikawa/owlmixin/commit/5d0575303f6df869a515ced4285f24ba721e0d4e | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/tadashi-aikawa/owlmixin/issues/12 | Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/08/cve-2017-16618-convert-through-owlmixin/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2017-11-08T03:00:00
Updated: 2017-11-09T18:57:01
Reserved: 2017-11-06T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-16618
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2017-11-08T03:29:00.277
Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223
Link: CVE-2017-16618
JSON object: View
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