CVE-2015-20107
Published: 13 April 2022
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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2015-2111
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
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.