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CVE-2017-16618 Details

Description

An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML loading functionality of util.py in OwlMixin before 2.0.0a12. A "Load YAML" string or file (aka load_yaml or load_yamlf) can execute arbitrary Python commands resulting in command execution because load is used where safe_load should have been used. An attacker can insert Python into loaded YAML to trigger this vulnerability.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/tadashi-aikawa/owlmixin/commit/5d0575303f6df869a515ced4285f24ba721e0d4e CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/tadashi-aikawa/owlmixin/issues/12 CVEExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/08/cve-2017-16618-convert-through-owlmixin/ CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/tadashi-aikawa/owlmixin/commit/5d0575303f6df869a515ced4285f24ba721e0d4e [email protected]PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/tadashi-aikawa/owlmixin/issues/12 [email protected]ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
owlmixin project owlmixin
< 2.0.0
2.0.0 alpha1
2.0.0 alpha10
2.0.0 alpha11
2.0.0 alpha2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:2.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:2.0.0:alpha10:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:2.0.0:alpha11:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:2.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:2.0.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:2.0.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:2.0.0:alpha5:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:2.0.0:alpha6:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:2.0.0:alpha7:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:2.0.0:alpha8:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:2.0.0:alpha9:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-16618
NVD Published Date:
Nov 8, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-16618 Details - Not Deferred