CVE-2020-24972

high-risk
Published 2020-08-29

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.

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21.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 79% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Affected Vendors

Fedoraproject Opensuse Kleopatra Project

References (12)

Broken Link http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00053.html
Broken Link http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00064.html
Patch https://dev.gnupg.org/rKLEOPATRAb4bd63c1739900d94c04da03045e9445a5a5f54b
Exploit https://dev.gnupg.org/source/kleo/browse/master/CMakeLists.txt
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-21
Broken Link http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00053.html
Broken Link http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00064.html
Patch https://dev.gnupg.org/rKLEOPATRAb4bd63c1739900d94c04da03045e9445a5a5f54b
Exploit https://dev.gnupg.org/source/kleo/browse/master/CMakeLists.txt
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-21
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high-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 14/34 · Moderate
Exposure 10/34 · Low