CVE-2018-10895

qutebrowser before version 1.4.1 is vulnerable to a cross-site request forgery flaw that allows websites to access 'qute://*' URLs. A malicious website could exploit this to load a 'qute://settings/set' URL, which then sets 'editor.command' to a bash script, resulting in arbitrary code execution.

CVSS v3.0 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/43e58ac865ff862c2008c510fc5f7627e10b4660	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10895	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/11/7	Mitigation Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:qutebrowser:qutebrowser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2018-07-12 05:29

Updated : 2019-10-09 16:33

NVD link : CVE-2018-10895

Mitre link : CVE-2018-10895

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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Products Affected

qutebrowser

qutebrowser

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