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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2020-15692

Analyzed

Source-cve@mitre.org

Published At-14 Aug, 2020 | 19:15

Updated At-08 Feb, 2021 | 20:44

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.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	3.1	9.8	CRITICAL	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary	2.0	10.0	HIGH	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Type: Primary

Version: 3.1

Base score: 9.8

Base severity: CRITICAL

Vector:

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Type: Primary

Version: 2.0

Base score: 10.0

Base severity: HIGH

Vector:

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CPE Matches

nim-lang>>nim>>Versions up to 1.2.6(inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:nim-lang:nim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-88	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

CWE ID: CWE-88

Type: Primary

Source: nvd@nist.gov

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/04/1	cve@mitre.org	Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://consensys.net/diligence/vulnerabilities/nim-browsers-argument-injection/	cve@mitre.org	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/dc5a40f3f39c6ea672e6dc6aca7f8118a69dda99/lib/pure/browsers.nim#L48	cve@mitre.org	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/07/30/versions-126-and-108-released.html	cve@mitre.org	Release Notes Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/04/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Exploit

Mailing List

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://consensys.net/diligence/vulnerabilities/nim-browsers-argument-injection/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Exploit

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/dc5a40f3f39c6ea672e6dc6aca7f8118a69dda99/lib/pure/browsers.nim#L48

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Patch

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/07/30/versions-126-and-108-released.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Release Notes

Third Party Advisory

CISA Catalog

Metrics

CPE Matches

Weaknesses

Evaluator Description

Evaluator Impact

Evaluator Solution

Vendor Statements

References

Change History