CVE-2017-16763

Published: Nov 10, 2017 Last Modified: Apr 20, 2025 EU-VD ID: EUVD-2017-0019 Aliases: GHSA-m85c-9mf8-m2m6, PYSEC-2017-78
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CRITICAL 9,8
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
HIGH 7,5
Access Vector: network
Access Complexity: low
Authentication: none
Confidentiality: partial
Integrity: partial
Availability: partial

Description

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An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML parsing functionality in config.py in Confire 0.2.0. Due to the user-specific configuration being loaded from '~/.confire.yaml' using the yaml.load function, a YAML parser can execute arbitrary Python commands resulting in command execution. An attacker can insert Python into loaded YAML to trigger this vulnerability.

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System)

Trend Analysis

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System)

Prevede la probabilità di sfruttamento basata su intelligence sulle minacce e sulle caratteristiche della vulnerabilità.

EPSS Score
0,0192
Percentile
0,8th
Updated

EPSS Score Trend (Last 90 Days)

Application

Confire by Confire Project

cpe:2.3:a:confire_project:confire:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Common Platform Enumeration - Standardized vulnerability identification
https://github.com/bbengfort/confire/commit/8cc86a5ec2327e070f1d576d61bbaadf861…
https://github.com/bbengfort/confire/issues/24
https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/12/cve-2017-16763-configur…
https://github.com/bbengfort/confire/commit/8cc86a5ec2327e070f1d576d61bbaadf861…
https://github.com/bbengfort/confire/issues/24
https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/12/cve-2017-16763-configur…