PT-2021-23290 · Boostnote+1 · Boostnote+1

Xiaofen9 · Published 2021-09-17 · Updated 2021-09-29 · CVE-2021-41392

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Boost Note versions prior to 0.22.1

Description The issue allows remote command execution. A remote attacker may send a crafted IPC message to the exposed vulnerable ipcRenderer IPC interface, which invokes the openExternal Electron API.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.22.1, update to version 0.22.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the ipcRenderer IPC interface until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Special Elements Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-74

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-41392

Affected Products

Boostnote

Electron

References · 3

• 🔥 https://github.com/BoostIO/BoostNote-App/issues/856 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41392 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-41392 · Vendor Advisory