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ubuntu-cve-2020-15167

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2020-09-02 18:15

Modified

2025-10-24 04:48

Summary

Details

In Miller (command line utility) using the configuration file support introduced in version 5.9.0, it is possible for an attacker to cause Miller to run arbitrary code by placing a malicious .mlrrc file in the working directory. See linked GitHub Security Advisory for complete details. A fix is ready and will be released as Miller 5.9.1.

Severity

8.2 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

8.6 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15167	REPORT
	https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/security/advis…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15167	REPORT

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CVE-2020-15167 (GCVE-0-2020-15167)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-09-02 17:55 – Updated: 2024-08-04 13:08

Title

Arbitrary code execution via configuration file in Miller

Summary

In Miller (command line utility) using the configuration file support introduced in version 5.9.0, it is possible for an attacker to cause Miller to run arbitrary code by placing a malicious `.mlrrc` file in the working directory. See linked GitHub Security Advisory for complete details. A fix is ready and will be released as Miller 5.9.1.

Severity

8.2 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

CWE

CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/security/advis…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
johnkerl	miller	Affected: = 5.9.0

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2020-15167 (GCVE-0-2020-15167)

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