CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-15167

8.6 HIGH Published 2020-09-02 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-09-02
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.6 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-427, CWE-94

Description

In Miller (command line utility) using the configuration file support introduced in version 5.9.0, it is possible for an attacker to cause Miller to run arbitrary code by placing a malicious `.mlrrc` file in the working directory. See linked GitHub Security Advisory for complete details. A fix is ready and will be released as Miller 5.9.1.

Affected configurations

• johnkerl miller 5.9.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness

References