High severity · published Jun 6, 2019
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
7.5
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PY
Pyxdg · Python
before 0.26 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12761
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12761
Exploit
https://gist.github.com/dhondta/b45cd41f4186110a354dc7272916feba
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00006.html
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00003.html
Third Party Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PYXDG-174562
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