PT-2021-9176 · Unknown · Zulip Desktop

Matt Austin · CVE-2020-10857 · Published 2021-02-05 · Updated 2021-02-08

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 Zulip Desktop versions prior to 5.0.0

Description The issue is related to the improper use of shell.openExternal and shell.openItem with untrusted content, leading to remote code execution.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.0.0, update to version 5.0.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-10857

Affected Products

Zulip Desktop

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10857 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10857 · Security Note
• https://blog.zulip.com/2020/04/01/zulip-desktop-5-0-0-security-release · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/9605 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/23178 · Telegram Post