GitHub Advisory DatabaseGHSA-JQ43-Q8MX-R7MQSwiftTerm Code Injection vulnerability
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
24.9%
Impact
Attacker could modify the window title via a certain character escape sequence and then insert it back to the command line in the user’s terminal, e.g. when the user views a file containing the malicious sequence, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands.
Credit
These bugs were found and disclosed by David Leadbeater <[email protected]> (@dgl at Github.com)
Patches
Fixed in version ce596e0dc8cdb288bc7ed5c6a59011ee3a8dc171
Workarounds
There are no workarounds available
References
Similar exploits to this existed in the past, for terminal emulators:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0063
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2383
Additional background and information is also available:
https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510030
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/migueldeicaza/swiftterm | lt | 1.2.0 |
Related
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
24.9%