CVE-2019-17664 Information

Description

NSA Ghidra through 9.0.4 uses a potentially untrusted search path. When executing Ghidra from a given path the Java process working directory is set to this path. Then when launching the Python interpreter via the \Ghidra Codebrowser Window Python\ option Ghidra will try to execute the cmd.exe program from this working directory.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/issues/107

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8