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CVE-2019-16941
NSA Ghidra through 9.0.4, when experimental mode is enabled, allows arbitrary code execution if the Read XML Files feature of Bit Patterns Explorer is used wit…
Impact
NSA Ghidra through 9.0.4, when experimental mode is enabled, allows arbitrary code execution if the Read XML Files feature of Bit Patterns Explorer is used with a modified XML document. This occurs in Features/BytePatterns/src/main/java/ghidra/bitpatterns/info/FileBitPatternInfoReader.java. An attack could start with an XML document that was originally created by DumpFunctionPatternInfoScript but then directly modified by an attacker (for example, to make a java.lang.Runtime.exec call).
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Nsa | Ghidra | through 9.0.4 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/79d8f164f8bb8b15cfb60c5d4faeb8e1c25d15ca/Ghidra/Features/BytePatterns/src/main/java/ghidra/bitpatterns/info/FileBitPatternInfoReader.java#L187-L188
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/commit/a17728f8c12effa171b17a25ccfb7e7d9528c5d0
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/issues/1090
- https://github.com/purpleracc00n/CVE-2019-16941
- https://twitter.com/NSAGov/status/1178812792159248385
- https://www.symantec.com/security-center/vulnerabilities/writeup/110223?om_rssid=sr-advisories
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/79d8f164f8bb8b15cfb60c5d4faeb8e1c25d15ca/Ghidra/Features/BytePatterns/src/main/java/ghidra/bitpatterns/info/FileBitPatternInfoReader.java#L187-L188
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/commit/a17728f8c12effa171b17a25ccfb7e7d9528c5d0
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/issues/1090
- https://github.com/purpleracc00n/CVE-2019-16941
- https://twitter.com/NSAGov/status/1178812792159248385
- https://www.symantec.com/security-center/vulnerabilities/writeup/110223?om_rssid=sr-advisories