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CVE-2020-24972

The Kleopatra component before 3.1.12 (and before 20.07.80) for GnuPG allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code

The Kleopatra component before 3.1.12 (and before 20.07.80) for GnuPG allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because openpgp4fpr: URLs are supported without safe handling of command-line options. The Qt platformpluginpath command-line option can be used to load an arbitrary DLL.

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 0.21343
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 4% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-116Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
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Affected Products & Versions

4
kleopatra project kleopatra< 20.07.80
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
opensuse backports sleall versions
opensuse leapall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocdev.gnupg.org · CMakeLists.txtdev.gnupg.org
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Scoring & Timeline

8.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD29 Aug 2020 · 09:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

2
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2020:1754-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2020:1723-1
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00053.htmlBroken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00064.htmlBroken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://dev.gnupg.org/rKLEOPATRAb4bd63c1739900d94c04da03045e9445a5a5f54bPatchVendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IRIPL72WMXTVWS2M7WYV5SNPETYJ2YI7/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-21Third Party Advisory
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