Name: CVE-2020-15692: Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-15692, CWE-88, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.0209

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade nim	Jul 30, 2024	Aug 14, 2020
Suse	—	Upgrade nim	Aug 9, 2024	Aug 14, 2020
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade nim	Nov 19, 2024	Aug 14, 2020

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CVSS Details

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