CVE-2019-16941
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 28, 2019
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 28, 2019
Description
NSA Ghidra through 9.0.4, when experimental mode is enabled, allows arbitrary code execution if the Read XML Files feature of Bit Patterns Explorer is used with a modified XML document. This occurs in Features/BytePatterns/src/main/java/ghidra/bitpatterns/info/FileBitPatternInfoReader.java. An attack could start with an XML document that was originally created by DumpFunctionPatternInfoScript but then directly modified by an attacker (for example, to make a java.lang.Runtime.exec call).
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/issues/1090
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/79d8f164f8bb8b15cfb60c5d4faeb8e1c25d15ca/Ghidra/Features/BytePatterns/src/main/java/ghidra/bitpatterns/info/FileBitPatternInfoReader.java#L187-L188
- https://github.com/purpleracc00n/CVE-2019-16941
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/commit/a17728f8c12effa171b17a25ccfb7e7d9528c5d0
- https://www.symantec.com/security-center/vulnerabilities/writeup/110223?om_rssid=sr-advisories
- https://twitter.com/NSAGov/status/1178812792159248385
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