CVE-2020-15692 – In Nim 1.2.4, the standard library browsers mishandles the URL argument t

In Nim 1.2.4, the standard library browsers mishandles the URL argument to browsers.openDefaultBrowser. This argument can be a local file path that will be opened in the default explorer. An attacker can pass one argument to the underlying open command to execute arbitrary registered system commands.

 

Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15692

Reference (s):

• https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/07/30/versions-126-and-108-released.html
• https://consensys.net/diligence/vulnerabilities/nim-browsers-argument-injection/
• https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/dc5a40f3f39c6ea672e6dc6aca7f8118a69dda99/lib/pure/browsers.nim#L48
• MLIST:[oss-security] 20210204 [CVE-2020-15692] Nim – stdlib Browsers – `open` Argument Injection
• URL: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/04/1