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CVE-2019-16941

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

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).

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published9/28/2019

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

nsa:ghidra

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-91

References

https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/79d8f164f8bb8b15cfb60c5d4faeb8e1c25d15ca/Ghidra/Features/BytePatterns/src/main/java/ghidra/bitpatterns/info/FileBitPatternInfoReader.java#L187-L188(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/commit/a17728f8c12effa171b17a25ccfb7e7d9528c5d0(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/issues/1090(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/purpleracc00n/CVE-2019-16941(cve@mitre.org)

https://twitter.com/NSAGov/status/1178812792159248385(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.symantec.com/security-center/vulnerabilities/writeup/110223?om_rssid=sr-advisories(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/79d8f164f8bb8b15cfb60c5d4faeb8e1c25d15ca/Ghidra/Features/BytePatterns/src/main/java/ghidra/bitpatterns/info/FileBitPatternInfoReader.java#L187-L188(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/commit/a17728f8c12effa171b17a25ccfb7e7d9528c5d0(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/issues/1090(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/purpleracc00n/CVE-2019-16941(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://twitter.com/NSAGov/status/1178812792159248385(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.symantec.com/security-center/vulnerabilities/writeup/110223?om_rssid=sr-advisories(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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