PT-2020-16050 · Appimage · Appimaged

Published 2020-12-02 · Updated 2020-12-07 · CVE-2020-25266

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AppImage appimaged versions prior to 1.0.3

Description The issue arises from the improper validation of downloaded files as valid appimages. Specifically, it can accept a crafted mp3 file containing an appimage and proceed to install it.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.0.3, update to version 1.0.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider manually verifying the integrity and validity of downloaded appimages before installation to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-494

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-25266

Affected Products

Appimaged

References · 9

• 🔥 https://github.com/refi64/CVE-2020-25265-25266 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-25266 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-25266 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25266 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25266 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25266 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/17040 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/6655 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/6463 · Telegram Post