#VU24843 Insecure DLL loading in CPython - CVE-2020-8315
Published: February 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24843
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8315
CWE-ID: CWE-427
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
CPython
CPython
Software vendor:
Python.org
Python.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to direct calls to "LoadLibraryW()" in "getpathp.c" without any "LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH*" flags. A remote attacker can use a malicious copy of api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll, which being loaded and used instead of the system's copy and execute arbitrary code on victim's system.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.