CVE-2018-20167

Terminology before 1.3.1 allows Remote Code Execution because popmedia is mishandled, as demonstrated by an unsafe "cat README.md" command when \e}pn is used. A popmedia control sequence can allow the malicious execution of executable file formats registered in the X desktop share MIME types (/usr/share/applications). The control sequence defers unknown file types to the handle_unknown_media() function, which executes xdg-open against the filename specified in the sequence. The use of xdg-open for all unknown file types allows executable file formats with a registered shared MIME type to be executed. An attacker can achieve remote code execution by introducing an executable file and a plain text file containing the control sequence through a fake software project (e.g., in Git or a tarball). When the control sequence is rendered (such as with cat), the executable file will be run.

• CVE ID
• CVE-2018-20167

• Assigner
• cve@mitre.org

• Vulnerability Status
• Analyzed

• Published Version
• 2018-12-17T05:29:00

• Last Modified Date
• 2019-10-03T00:03:26

• Version
• 2.0

• Vector String
• AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

• Access Vector
• NETWORK

• Access Compatibility
• MEDIUM

• Authentication
• NONE

• Confidentiality Impact
• PARTIAL

• Integrity Impact
• PARTIAL

• Availability Impact
• PARTIAL

• Base Score
• 6.8

• Severity
• MEDIUM

• Exploitability Score
• 8.6

• Impact Score
• 6.4

• Version
• 3.0

• Vector String
• CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack Vector
• LOCAL

• Attack Compatibility
• LOW

• Privileges Required
• NONE

• User Interaction
• REQUIRED

• Scope
• UNCHANGED

• Confidentiality Impact
• HIGH

• Availability Impact
• HIGH

• Base Score
• 7.8

• Base Severity
• HIGH

• Exploitability Score
• 1.8

• Impact Score
• 5.9