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High
CVE-2020-15121
Command injection in Radare2
Vulnerability Description
In radare2 before version 4.5.0, malformed PDB file names in the PDB server path cause shell injection. To trigger the problem it's required to open the executable in radare2 and run idpd to trigger the download. The shell code will execute, and will create a file called pwned in the current directory.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/security/advisories/GHSA-r552-vp94-9358
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/issues/16945
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/pull/16966
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/commit/04edfa82c1f3fa2bc3621ccdad2f93bdbf00e4f9
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YE77P5RSE2T7JHEKMWF2ARTSJGMPXCFY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MWC7KNBETYE5MK6VIUU26LUIISIFGSBZ/
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Vulnerable Versions:
< 4.5.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 20th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N