PT-2019-12679 · Macdown · Macdown

R0T0Tiller · Published 2019-05-17 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-12173

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MacDown version 0.7.1

Description The issue allows remote code execution via a file: URI with a .app pathname in the HREF attribute of an A element.

Recommendations For MacDown version 0.7.1, update to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-12173

Affected Products

Macdown

References · 3

• 🔥 https://github.com/MacDownApp/macdown/issues/1050 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-12173 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12173 · Security Note