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Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

CVE-2021-3401

High
9.8/10

Summary

Bitcoin Core before 0.19.0 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code when another application unsafely passes the -platformpluginpath argument to the bitcoin-qt program, as demonstrated by an x-scheme-handler/bitcoin handler for a .desktop file or a web browser. NOTE: the discoverer states "I believe that this vulnerability cannot actually be exploited."

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  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
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  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-88 - Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

The software constructs a string for a command to executed by a separate component in another control sphere, but it does not properly delimit the intended arguments, options, or switches within that command string.

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