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Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Decompiling Package Process in APKLeaks

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 19, 2021 in dwisiswant0/apkleaks • Updated Sep 7, 2023

Package

pip APKLeaks (pip)

Affected versions

< 2.0.4

Patched versions

2.0.4

Description

APKLeaks prior to v2.0.4 allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via package name inside the application manifest.

Impact

An authenticated attacker could include arguments that allow unintended commands or code to be executed, allow sensitive data to be read or modified, or could cause other unintended behavior through malicious package names.

References

  • a966e781499ff6fd4eea66876d7532301b13a382

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References

@dwisiswant0 dwisiswant0 published to dwisiswant0/apkleaks Mar 19, 2021
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 24, 2021
Reviewed Jan 21, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jan 21, 2022
Last updated Sep 7, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.3
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-21386

GHSA ID

GHSA-8434-v7xw-8m9x

Source code

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