Bugzilla – Bug 1227678
VUL-0: CVE-2024-39904: vnote: crafted URIs can be used for local file path traversal and lead to code execution
Last modified: 2024-07-11 19:15:02 UTC
VNote is a note-taking platform. Prior to 3.18.1, a code execution vulnerability existed in VNote, which allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary programs on the victim's system. A crafted URI can be used in a note to perform this attack using file:/// as a link. For example, file:///C:/WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe. This allows attackers to execute arbitrary programs by embedding a reference to a local executable file such as file:///C:/WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe and file:///C:/WINDOWS/system32/calc.exe. This vulnerability can be exploited by creating and sharing specially crafted notes. An attacker could send a crafted note file and perform further attacks. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.18.1. References: http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2024-39904 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-39904 https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/commit/3477469b669708ff547037fda9fc2817870428aa https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/security/advisories/GHSA-vhh5-8wcv-68gj