CVE-2021-21372 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2021-21372 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 26/03/2021 | CVE Updated: 03/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2021
Source: GitHub_M | Vendor: nim-lang | Product: security
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2021-21372 Description

Nimble is a package manager for the Nim programming language. In Nim release version before versions 1.2.10 and 1.4.4, Nimble doCmd is used in different places and can be leveraged to execute arbitrary commands. An attacker can craft a malicious entry in the packages.json package list to trigger code execution.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 8.3 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)* NETWORK
    Attack Complexity (AC)* HIGH
    Privileges Required (PR)* NONE
    User Interaction (UI)* REQUIRED
    Scope (S)* CHANGED

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)* HIGH
    Integrity Impact (I)* HIGH
    Availability Impact (A)* HIGH

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-20
CWE Name: CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Source: nim-lang

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).