Cyber Resilience

CVE-2015-20107

HighPublic PoCRCE

Published: 13 April 2022

Published
13 April 2022
Modified
03 November 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0090 76.2th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2015-20107 is a high-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Python Python. Its CVSS base score is 7.6 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 23.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

In Python (aka CPython) up to 3.10.8, the mailcap module does not add escape characters into commands discovered in the system mailcap file. This may allow attackers to inject shell commands into applications that call mailcap.findmatch with untrusted input (if…

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they lack validation of user-provided filenames or arguments). The fix is also back-ported to 3.7, 3.8, 3.9

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

python
python
3.7.0 — 3.7.15 · 3.8.0 — 3.8.15 · 3.9.0 — 3.9.15
netapp
active iq unified manager
all versions
netapp
ontap select deploy administration utility
all versions
netapp
snapcenter
all versions
fedoraproject
fedora
35, 36, 37

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References