2021-39160 | nbgitpuller code injection

CVSS Meta Temp Score CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.	Current Exploit Price (≈) Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.	CTI Interest Score Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
6.0	$0-$5k	0.05

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in nbgitpuller up to 0.10.1. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

nbgitpuller is a Jupyter server extension to sync a git repository one-way to a local path. Due to unsanitized input, visiting maliciously crafted links could result in arbitrary code execution in the user environment. This has been resolved in version 0.10.2 and all users are advised to upgrade. No work around exist for users who can not upgrade.

The weakness was shared 08/25/2021. The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-39160 since 08/16/2021. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 0.10.2 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

Name

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
🔍	🔍	🔍	🔍	🔍	🔍
🔍	🔍	🔍	🔍	🔍	🔍
🔍	🔍	🔍	🔍	🔍	🔍

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔒
VulDB Temp Score: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: CWE-94
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔒

0-Day	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
Today	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

Threat Intelligenceinfoedit

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: nbgitpuller 0.10.2
Patch: github.com

08/16/2021 CVE assigned
08/25/2021 +9 days Advisory disclosed
08/25/2021 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/29/2021 +4 days VulDB last updateAdvisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔒

CVE: CVE-2021-39160 (🔒)

Created: 08/25/2021 23:55
Updated: 08/29/2021 10:16
Changes: (1) source_cve_cna
Complete: 🔍

Comments

See the underground prices here!