CVE-2019-12761
CVSS V2 Medium 5.1
CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2019-12761
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2019-06-06T19:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2021-08-03T15:15:08
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:python:pyxdg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 0.26 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- HIGH
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 5.1
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 4.9
- Impact Score
- 6.4
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- HIGH
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 7.5
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 1.6
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PYXDG-174562 | Third Party Advisory |
| 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 |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12761 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12761 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 06:58:44 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-03 21:47:44 | 2019-06-06T19:29Z | 2019-06-06T19:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-03 21:47:45 | 2021-08-03T15:15:08 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-03 21:47:45 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |