High severity · published May 13, 2022
CVE-2021-42969
Certain Anaconda3 2021.05 are affected by OS command injection
8.8
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Certain Anaconda3 2021.05 are affected by OS command injection. When a user installs Anaconda, an attacker can create a new file and write something in usercustomize.py. When the user opens the terminal or activates Anaconda, the command will be executed.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Anaconda3 · Anaconda
2021.05 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42969
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-42969
Exploit
https://yuaneuro.cn/anaconda/anaconda_command_execution.docx
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