PT-2019-13693 · Loom · Loom Desktop

Thomas Karpiniec · Published 2019-08-07 · Updated 2019-08-19 · CVE-2019-14432

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 Loom Desktop for Mac versions up to 0.16.0

Description The issue concerns incorrect authentication of application WebSocket connections, allowing remote code execution from malicious JavaScript in a browser or hosts on the same network during video recording. The same attack vector can also crash the application at any time.

Recommendations For versions up to 0.16.0, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent remote code execution and application crashes.

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-14432

Affected Products

Loom Desktop

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-14432 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14432 · Security Note
• https://loom.com/blog/loom-desktop-application-security-fix · Vendor Advisory
• https://thomask.sdf.org/blog/2019/08/07/cve-2019-14432-loom-desktop-rce-vulnerability.html · Note