CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2019-12761

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.

5.1 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 4.9 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
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
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:python:pyxdg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2019-06-06 07:29

Updated : 2021-08-03 03:15

NVD link : CVE-2019-12761

Mitre link : CVE-2019-12761

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-94