Vulnerability Details CVE-2017-16618
An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML loading functionality of util.py in OwlMixin before 2.0.0a12. A "Load YAML" string or file (aka load_yaml or load_yamlf) can execute arbitrary Python commands resulting in command execution because load is used where safe_load should have been used. An attacker can insert Python into loaded YAML to trigger this vulnerability.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.02
EPSS Ranking 83.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.8
CVSS v2 Score 7.5
References
- https://github.com/tadashi-aikawa/owlmixin/commit/5d0575303f6df869a515ced4285f24ba721e0d4e
- https://github.com/tadashi-aikawa/owlmixin/issues/12
- https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/08/cve-2017-16618-convert-through-owlmixin/
- https://github.com/tadashi-aikawa/owlmixin/commit/5d0575303f6df869a515ced4285f24ba721e0d4e
- https://github.com/tadashi-aikawa/owlmixin/issues/12
- https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/08/cve-2017-16618-convert-through-owlmixin/
Products affected by CVE-2017-16618
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cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:0.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:0.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:0.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:0.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:0.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:0.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:0.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:0.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:0.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:0.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:0.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:1.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:1.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:1.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:owlmixin_project:owlmixin:2.0.0