OS Command Injection in radare2 - CVE-2020-15121
Published: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32999
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15121
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Radare
Affected software:
radare2
radare2
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing PDB file names. A remote unauthenticated attacker can rick the victim to open a specially crafted file in radare2 and run idpd to trigger the download. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-15121
Install updates from vendor's website.