CVE-2019-12761
Linux desktop PyXDG Code Injection Vulnerability
Description
A code injection issue was discovered in PyXDG before 0.26 via crafted Python code in a Category element of a Menu XML document in a .menu file. XDG_CONFIG_DIRS must be set up to trigger xdg.Menu.parse parsing within the directory containing this file. This is due to a lack of sanitization in xdg/Menu.py before an eval call.
INFO
Published Date :
June 6, 2019, 7:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Aug. 3, 2021, 3:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.6
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2019-12761.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://gist.github.com/dhondta/b45cd41f4186110a354dc7272916feba | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00006.html | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00003.html | |
| https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PYXDG-174562 | Third Party Advisory |
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CVE-2019-12761 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 03, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00003.html [No Types Assigned] -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Jul. 21, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-91 CWE-94 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 16, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00006.html [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 09, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PYXDG-174562 No Types Assigned https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PYXDG-174562 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://gist.github.com/dhondta/b45cd41f4186110a354dc7272916feba No Types Assigned https://gist.github.com/dhondta/b45cd41f4186110a354dc7272916feba Exploit, Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-91 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:python:pyxdg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.26
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-12761 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-2019-12761
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.75 }} 0.07%
score
0.81376
percentile