Vulnerability CVE-2020-13388
Published: 2020-05-22

Description:
An exploitable vulnerability exists in the configuration-loading functionality of the jw.util package before 2.3 for Python. When loading a configuration with FromString or FromStream with YAML, one can execute arbitrary Python code, resulting in OS command execution, because safe_load is not used.

Type:

CWE-78

 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') )

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Python -> Jw.util 

 References:
https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io
https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2020/04/27/cve-2020-13388-jw-util-vulnerability/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200528-0002/
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