In Nim 1.2.4, the standard library browsers mishandles the URL argument to browsers.openDefaultBrowser. This argument can be a local file path that will be opened in the default explorer. An attacker can pass one argument to the underlying open command to execute arbitrary registered system commands.
References
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/04/1 | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://consensys.net/diligence/vulnerabilities/nim-browsers-argument-injection/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/dc5a40f3f39c6ea672e6dc6aca7f8118a69dda99/lib/pure/browsers.nim#L48 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/07/30/versions-126-and-108-released.html | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2020-08-14T18:45:35
Updated: 2021-02-04T15:25:32
Reserved: 2020-07-13T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-15692
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2020-08-14T19:15:12.317
Modified: 2021-02-08T20:44:43.493
Link: CVE-2020-15692
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