Is CVE-2020-15692 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-15692 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-15692?

CVE-2020-15692 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-15692?

CVE-2020-15692 has an EPSS score of 4.21% (90th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-15692?

Upgrade nim on debian 11 to 1.2.6-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-15692

CRITICALEPSS 90th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In Nim 1.2.4, the standard library browsers mishandles the URL argument to browsers.openDefaultBrowser. This argument can be a local file path that will be opened in the default explorer. An attacker can pass one argument to the underlying open command to execute arbitrary registered system commands.

CWE-88

How to fix

Remediation Available

nimDebian

Fixed in:1.2.6-1CVE-2020-15692

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

4.21%probability of exploitation in 30 days

90thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 90% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Exploit2

Third-Party Advisory1

nim-lang.org

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.