CVE-2018-7889
Calibre Pickle Deserialization Vulnerability
Description
gui2/viewer/bookmarkmanager.py in Calibre 3.18 calls cPickle.load on imported bookmark data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .pickle file, as demonstrated by Python code that contains an os.system call.
INFO
Published Date :
March 8, 2018, 9:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 12, 2018, 6:21 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2018-7889.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1753870 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/aeb5b036a0bf657951756688b3c72bd68b6e4a7d | Patch |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
Oct. 12, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:calibre-ebook:calibre:3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:calibre-ebook:calibre:3.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 27, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1753870 No Types Assigned https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1753870 Exploit, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/aeb5b036a0bf657951756688b3c72bd68b6e4a7d No Types Assigned https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/aeb5b036a0bf657951756688b3c72bd68b6e4a7d Patch Added CWE CWE-502 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:calibre-ebook:calibre:3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-7889 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-7889
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.79 }} 0.14%
score
0.81790
percentile