CVE-2017-16764 - An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML parsing functionality in the read_yaml_file method i

CVE-2017-16764

Summary

An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML parsing functionality in the read_yaml_file method in io_utils.py in django_make_app 0.1.3. A YAML parser can execute arbitrary Python commands resulting in command execution. An attacker can insert Python into loaded YAML to trigger this vulnerability.

References

https://github.com/illagrenan/django-make-app/issues/5
https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/12/cve-2017-16764-vulnerability-in-django-make-app/

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:django_make_app_project:django_make_app:0.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:django_make_app_project:django_make_app:0.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	7.5 (as of 11-12-2019 - 15:03)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
PARTIAL	PARTIAL	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

refmap via4

misc

https://github.com/illagrenan/django-make-app/issues/5
https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/12/cve-2017-16764-vulnerability-in-django-make-app/

Last major update

11-12-2019 - 15:03

Published

10-11-2017 - 09:29

Last modified

11-12-2019 - 15:03