Description
In Nim 1.2.4, the standard library browsers mishandles the URL argument to browsers.openDefaultBrowser. This argument can be a local file path that will be opened in the default explorer. An attacker can pass one argument to the underlying open command to execute arbitrary registered system commands.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/dc5a40f3f39c6ea672e6dc6aca7f8118a69dda99/lib/pure/browsers.nim#L48 ↗
- https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/07/30/versions-126-and-108-released.html ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/04/1 ↗
- https://consensys.net/diligence/vulnerabilities/nim-browsers-argument-injection/ ↗