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CVE-2019-12761 Details

Description

A code injection issue was discovered in PyXDG before 0.26 via crafted Python code in a Category element of a Menu XML document in a .menu file. XDG_CONFIG_DIRS must be set up to trigger xdg.Menu.parse parsing within the directory containing this file. This is due to a lack of sanitization in xdg/Menu.py before an eval call.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://gist.github.com/dhondta/b45cd41f4186110a354dc7272916feba CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00006.html CVE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00003.html CVE
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PYXDG-174562 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://gist.github.com/dhondta/b45cd41f4186110a354dc7272916feba [email protected]ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
python pyxdg
< 0.26

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:python:pyxdg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2019-12761
NVD Published Date:
Jun 6, 2019
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2019-12761 Details - Not Deferred