medium5.5
CVE-2021-26917
PyBitmessage through 0.6.3.2 allows attackers to write screen captures to Potentially Unwanted Directories via a crafted apinotifypath value.
Impact
PyBitmessage through 0.6.3.2 allows attackers to write screen captures to Potentially Unwanted Directories via a crafted apinotifypath value. NOTE: the discoverer states "security mitigation may not be necessary as there is no evidence yet that these screen intercepts are actually transported away from the local host." NOTE: it is unclear whether there are any common use cases in which apinotifypath is controlled by an attacker
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Bitmessage | Pybitmessage | through 0.6.3.2 |
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1113/
- https://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage/blob/f381721bec31641002e2f240309600c4994855a7/src/api.py#L35-L37
- https://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage/releases
- https://poal.co/s/technology/290479
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1113/
- https://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage/blob/f381721bec31641002e2f240309600c4994855a7/src/api.py#L35-L37
- https://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage/releases
- https://poal.co/s/technology/290479